Sale 830: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A PBA Platinum Auction (#830) 02/06/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed

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1
  • Heading
    (African American)
  • Author
    Vinston, Warren C., compiler
  • Headline
    Guide to LA African American district 1940
  • Publisher
    The New Age Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    November 1940
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
12
  • Author
    Calder, Alexander
  • Headline
    Signed by Alexander Calder w/ 7 lithographs
  • Publisher
    Maeght Editeur
  • Date Published
    1963
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
13
  • Heading
    (California - Land Grant)
  • Headline
    San Joaquin Co. land grant 1865
  • Date Published
    March 10, 1865
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$5,000
StatusSold
16
  • Heading
    (California - Tilden Family Archive)
  • Headline
    California archive Judge H.J. Tilden family
  • Date Published
    1852-c.1935
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
17
  • Heading
    (California – San Francisco)
  • Headline
    San Francisco land deeds, 1851-1875
  • Date Published
    1851-1875
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
25
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Spanish American War)
  • Headline
    Shell from the battleship "Maine"
  • Publisher
    Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1898
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
26
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    Cuban Revolution Album Illustrated with Graphic Non-sports Cards
  • Publisher
    Revista Cinegrafico
  • Date Published
    c.1960
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
27
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Author
    Guervara, Ernesto "Che"
  • Headline
    Document signed by Che Guevara
  • Date Published
    January 5, 1960
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
28
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    Cuban history in tobacco cards
  • Publisher
    Tabacalera Cubana, S.A.
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
29
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    Cuban society for freed black slaves, 1852
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
31
  • Author
    Curie, Marie
  • Headline
    Marie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed card
  • Publisher
    The Macmillan Company
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
33
  • Author
    Derrida, Jacques
  • Headline
    2 books signed and inscribed by Derrida
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    1967
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Doyle, Arthur Conan
  • Headline
    Complete Sherlock Holmes signed by Doyle
  • Publisher
    Doubleday & Company, Inc.
  • Date Published
    1953
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$7,500
StatusSold
43
  • Heading
    (Feynman, Richard P., his copy)
  • Author
    [Feynman, Richard P.]; Linus Pauling & E. Bright Wilson, Jr.
  • Headline
    Feynman's copy of Quantum Mechanics textbook
  • Publisher
    McGraw-Hill Book Company
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$20,000 - $30,000
Sold for$18,750
StatusSold
44
  • Author
    Fillmore, Millard
  • Headline
    Whaling ship papers signed by Millard Fillmore
  • Date Published
    August 6, 1850
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
67
  • Author
    Imbert, J.B.A. [Jean Baptiste Alban]
  • Headline
    Medical treatment for slaves in Brazil, 1834
  • Publisher
    Na typ. imp. e const. de Seignot-Plancheret
  • Date Published
    1834
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
68
  • Heading
    (Ireland)
  • Author
    Piesse, Charles
  • Headline
    Manuscript account of Ireland in 1842
  • Publisher
    Imprimatur. Guil. Matheson
  • Date Published
    1842
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
70
  • Author
    Jefferys, Thomas
  • Headline
    Jefferys Atlas of the West Indies, complete
  • Publisher
    Robert Sayer and John Bennett
  • Date Published
    1775
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$10,625
StatusSold
72
  • Author
    Kerouac, Jack
  • Headline
    Kerouac 1947 original letter
  • Date Published
    1947
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
74
  • Author
    Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste de
  • Headline
    Philosophie Zoologique inscribed by Lamarck
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection; Frank Mace MacFarland
  • Publisher
    Dentu
  • Date Published
    1809
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
Sold for$28,125
StatusSold
79
  • Heading
    (Loyal Publication Society of New York)
  • Headline
    NY Loyal Publication Society tracts, 1863-4
  • Publisher
    Loyal Publication Society
  • Date Published
    1864-1865
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
84
  • Author
    Mesmer, Franz
  • Headline
    Ms. of Mesmer's Magnetic Healing
  • Date Published
    Late 18th-early 19th century
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
87
  • Heading
    (New Jersey)
  • Author
    Rose,T. F., H. C. Woolman, and T. T. Price
  • Headline
    Scarce Atlas of New Jersey Coast 1878
  • Publisher
    Woolman & Rose
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
94
  • Heading
    (Peru)
  • Headline
    Documents regarding pious fund in Peru, 1750
  • Date Published
    c.1750-1760
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
99
  • Author
    Rorty, Richard
  • Headline
    3 books inscribed by Richard Rorty to Hubert Dreyfus
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    1979-1991
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
100
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Limited edition Red Pony, signed by Steinbeck
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Covici Friede
  • Date Published
    1937
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
101
  • Author
    Stowe, Harriet Beecher
  • Headline
    1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe note
  • Provenance
    Dr. George D. Lacy
  • Publisher
    John P. Jewett & Company
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
StatusUnsold
103
  • Author
    Thompson, Hunter S.
  • Headline
    Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail inscribed by HST
  • Publisher
    Straight Arrow Books
  • Date Published
    [1973]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
106
  • Heading
    (Twain, Mark)
  • Headline
    Signed twice by Mark Twain with an aphorism
  • Publisher
    Sarony Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
Sold for$10,000
StatusSold
113
  • Author
    Whitman, Walt
  • Headline
    Two volumes signed by Walt Whitman
  • Publisher
    [Printed for the Author]
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$9,375
StatusSold
114
  • Author
    [Whitman, Walt]
  • Headline
    Whitman's Leaves of Grass 2nd Ed. 1856
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$8,750
StatusSold
115
  • Heading
    (World War II)
  • Headline
    Ernie Pyle death account, Ie Shiama, Leyte
  • Date Published
    1945
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
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