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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 The Official Central Avenue District Directory: A Business and Professional Guide View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorVinston, Warren C., compilerHeadlineGuide to LA African American district 1940PublisherThe New Age Publishing CompanyDate PublishedNovember 1940 Lot #2 Mutus Liber in quo tamen tota Philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur, ter optimo maximo Deo misericordi consecratus, solisque filiis artis dedicatus, authore cujus nomen est Altus View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAltusHeadlineLiber Mutus, legendary illustrated AlchemyDate Publishedc.1978? Lot #3 Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum Omnes Sopho-Spagyricae Artis Discipulos Fidelissime Erudiens... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)HeadlineMusaeum Hermeticum with folding alchemical platesDate Published1749 Lot #4 Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Io. Lod. Vives. Englished by J.H. View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorAugustine, SaintHeadlineAugustine Citie of God 1st in English 1610PublisherPrinted by George EldDate Published1610 Lot #5 Pride and Prejudice. A Novel View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadline1st 1-vol. illus. ed. of Pride & Prejudice 1833PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1833 Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. In Three Volumes View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$93,750StatusSold Author[Austen, Jane]HeadlinePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. EgertonDate Published1813 Lot #7 Scenes from the Principal Histories of the Old and New Testaments [Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible Illustrations)AuthorPicart, Bernard, et al., illustratorsHeadlineExtra-illustrated Picart BiblePublisherPieter de HondtDate Published1728-1729 Lot #8 Biblj Cžeská, to gest: Swaté Pjsmo, podle Starožitného, a Obecného Latinského [with] Druhý djl Biblj totižto Nowý Zákon podlé starého obecného latinského textu View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Czech)Headline2-volume Jesuit Czech Bible, 1769-1771ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNákladem Dědictví Sv. Václava... v Jana Karla HrabyDate Published1769-1771 Lot #9 The New Testament of Jesus Christ, translated faithfully into English, out of the authentical Latin View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Headline1st Edition Douay-Rheims New Testament, 1582PublisherJohn FognyDate Published1582 Lot #10 Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive libri canonici... Latini recens ex Hebraeo facti... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)AuthorTremellius, Immanuel and Franciscus Junius, translatorsHeadline1st complete Latin Bible printed in England, 1580PublisherExcudebat Henricus Middletonus, impensis W.N.Date Published1580 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 #15 Early Days in San Francisco: The Days of Old, The Days of Gold, The Days of Forty Nine. Scenes Familiar to Every Pioneer. A Limited Edition Only View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorKnapp, E.B., publisherHeadlineAlbumen photos of early S.F. printsPublisherE.B. KnappDate PublishedUndated (c.1860-1880?) Lot #16 Archive of material relating to California pioneer Harmon J. (H.J.) Tilden and his family View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California - Tilden Family Archive)HeadlineCalifornia archive Judge H.J. Tilden familyDate Published1852-c.1935 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 #19 William Caxton and the First English Press: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay... Together with an Original Leaf of the Polycronicon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorWinship, George ParkerHeadlineRare leaf book with 1482 Caxton leafPublisherEdmund Byne Hackett / The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc.Date Published1938 Lot #20 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 Lot #21 A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorFernández de Avellaneda, AlonsoHeadlineContinuation of Don Quixote in English 1705PublisherPrinted for Jeffery Wale and John SenexDate Published1705 Lot #22 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA lovely illustrated edition of Don QuixotePublisherDon Joaquin IbarraDate Published1780 Lot #23 Les principales aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte, representees en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maitres; avec les explications des XXXI planches... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSumptuous illustrated edition of Don QuixotePublisherJ.F. BassompierreDate Published1776 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 #25 Artillery shell from the Battleship Maine, the sinking of which in Havana Harbor triggered the Spanish American War View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Spanish American War)HeadlineShell from the battleship "Maine"PublisherWinchester Repeating Arms Co.Date Publishedc.1898 Lot #26 Álbum de la Revolución Cubana: 1952-1959 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban Revolution Album Illustrated with Graphic Non-sports CardsPublisherRevista CinegraficoDate Publishedc.1960 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 #28 Historia de Cuba (cover title) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban history in tobacco cardsPublisherTabacalera Cubana, S.A.Date Published1935 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 #32 Le Déplacement Polaire Preuves des Variations de l'Axe Terrestre View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold Heading(Darwin, Charles, his book)AuthorCarret, JulesHeadlineDarwin's copy of Carret on Earth's axisPublisherLibrairie F. SavyDate Published1877 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 #34 The Penny Pickwick View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorPrest, Thomas PeckettHeadlineSweeny Todd author rips off Dickens' PickwickPublisherPrinted and published by E. Lloyd for J. GravesDate Published1837-1839 Lot #35 The English Stage. Being Vol. III of The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles, his book)AuthorMalone and ChalmersHeadlineDickens' copy of Shakespeare playsPublisherF. C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1821 Lot #36 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineHolmes' Adventures & Memoirs in first edition.PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1892; 1894 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 #38 Sister Carrie View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadline1st edition of Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #39 Panthéon Égyptien, collection des personnages mythologiques de l'ancienne Égypte, d'après les monuments, avec un texte explicatif... View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold Heading(Egypt)AuthorChampollion, Jean-FrançoisHeadlineHand-colored Egyptology figuresPublisherDe L'imprimerie de Firmin DidotDate Published[1821-1825] Lot #40 Eine einfache Anwendung des Newtonschen Gravitationsgesetzes auf die kugelförmigen Sternhaufen View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein applies Newton to star clustersPublisherVerlag Julius SpringerDate Published1921 Lot #41 Two French publications of Einstein papers that belonged to his son View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's son's copies of his papersPublisherGauthier-Villars et Cie.Date Published1921 Lot #42 Set of 12 first editions of works by George Eliot and one work about her View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, George [pseud. of Mary Ann Evans]HeadlineSet of first editions of George EliotPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #45 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Press - Ashendene)AuthorLongusHeadlineAshendene Daphnis and Chloe, 1933PublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1933 Lot #46 The English Bible, Containing the Old Testament & the New Translated Out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Doves)HeadlineMasterpiece of the Doves Press: The English BibleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoves PressDate Published1903-1905 Lot #47 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Doves)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Paradise Lost, 1902PublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 Lot #48 The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Press - Doves)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDoves Press Hamlet, 1909ProvenanceArnold Schweitzer and Christian Heuer.PublisherDoves PressDate Published1909 Lot #49 Tam O'Shanter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Essex House)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineEssex House, Burns' Tam O'Shanter, 1902PublisherEssex House Press for Edward Arnold and Samuel BuckleyDate Published1902 Lot #50 The Flower and the Leaf View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Essex House)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineEssex House, The Flower and the Leaf, 1902PublisherEssex House Press for Edward Arnold and Samuel BuckleyDate Published1902 Lot #51 Alexander's Feast; or The Power of Music View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Essex House)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineEssex House, Alexander's Feast by Dryden, 1904PublisherEssex House PressDate Published1904 Lot #52 Comus, A Mask View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Essex House)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineEssex House Comus, 1901PublisherEssex House Press for Edward ArnoldDate Published1901 Lot #53 Epithalamion View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Essex House)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineEssex House Epithalamion, 1901PublisherEssex House Press for Edward Arnold and Samuel BuckleyDate Published1901 Lot #54 Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Essex House)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineEssex House, Wordsworth's Intimations of ImmortalityPublisherEssex House Press for Edward Arnold and Samuel BuckleyDate Published1903 Lot #55 Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Kelmscott)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott Press Child Christopher & Goldilind the FairProvenanceThomas Edmund HarveyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1895 Lot #56 Hand & Soul View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Fine Press - Kelmscott)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineKelmscott printing of RossettiPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1895] Lot #57 The Holy Gospel According to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Press - Officina Bodoni)HeadlineThe Gospel according to Officina Bodoni, 1962PublisherOfficina BodoniDate Published1962 Lot #58 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio with 5 cherubic fore-edge paintingsPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 Lot #59 Fore-edge painting of The Flight into Egypt [on] Táng lèi hán (唐類函) View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorLu Hongnian (Hung-Nien), artistHeadlineRare 20th c. Chinese Christian fore-edge paintingDate Published17th century? (Painting: c.1936-1942) Lot #60 Renati Des Cartes Principiorum Philosophiæ Pars I, & II, More Geometrico demonstratæ. Per Benedictum de Spinoza... View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold Heading(Gauss, Johann Carl Friedrich)AuthorSpinoza, BaruchHeadlineGauss' copy of Spinoza's 1st bookPublisherJohannem RiewertsDate Published1663 Lot #61 The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGerard, JohnHeadlineGerard's massive Herbal, 1633PublisherNorton & WhitakersDate Published1633 Lot #62 A Brief History of Time View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorHawking, Stephen W.HeadlineStephen Hawking's copy of his own bookPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1990] Lot #63 Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society. Or, a dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred. Containing the elements of civill politie... View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineHobbes' De Cive, first in English, 1651PublisherPrinted by J.G. for R. RoystonDate Published1651 Lot #64 On the Plains in '65... Twelve Months in the Volunteer Cavalry Service, among the Indians of Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Thrilling Adventures, Fine Scenery, and How the Boys Put in the Time in the Far West View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHolliday, George H.HeadlinePost-Civil War soldiering on the PlainsPublisher[G.H. Holliday?]Date Published1883 Lot #65 17 original photographs of race horses View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Horses)HeadlinePhotos of 1920s race horsesDate Publishedc.1920s Lot #66 Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Author[Hume, David]Headline1st edition of Hume's Human UnderstandingProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1748 Lot #67 Manual do Fazendeiro, ou Tratado Domestico sobre as Enfermidades dos Negros View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorImbert, J.B.A. [Jean Baptiste Alban]HeadlineMedical treatment for slaves in Brazil, 1834PublisherNa typ. imp. e const. de Seignot-PlancheretDate Published1834 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 #69 Album of ten double-page erotic woodblock prints View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Japanese Erotic Shunga Prints)AuthorEisen, Keisai, attrib.HeadlineErotic Japanese woodblock prints by EisenDate Published19th century Lot #70 The West-India Atlas; or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies... View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorJefferys, ThomasHeadlineJefferys Atlas of the West Indies, completePublisherRobert Sayer and John BennettDate Published1775 Lot #71 Ulysses View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses 1 of 250 signed by Joyce & Matisse L.E.C.PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1935 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 #73 Journal du Voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a l'Équateur [with] Mesure des Trois Premiers Degres du Méridien dans l'Hemisphere Austral View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorLa Condamine, Charles-Marie deHeadlineLa Condamine maps Ecuador, 1751PublisherDe l'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1751 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 #75 15th century illuminated manuscript leaf with full-page illustration of the Crucifixion View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Leaf, circa 1475)HeadlineFull-page 15th c. illumination of CrucifixionDate Publishedc.1475 Lot #76 Illuminated printed hours leaf on vellum View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Leaf, circa 1533)HeadlinePrinted book of hours leaf with large paintingPublisherGermain and Gillet Hardoyn?Date Publishedc.1533-1541 Lot #77 To Kill a Mockingbird View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorLee, HarperHeadlineTo Kill a Mockingbird first edition in djPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published[1960] Lot #78 Five court transcripts and legal briefs relating to a lawsuit brought by the Fidelity Loan and Mortgage Company of Oakland against Jack London for breach of contract View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(London, Jack)HeadlineJack London sued for breach of contractPublisherR.B. Kitchener, printerDate Published1916 Lot #79 Tracts issued by the Loyal Publication Society, from Feb. 1, 1863, to Feb. 1, 1864 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Loyal Publication Society of New York)HeadlineNY Loyal Publication Society tracts, 1863-4PublisherLoyal Publication SocietyDate Published1864-1865 Lot #80 Machivel's Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius, Translated out of the Italian. To which is added his Prince. With some Marginal Animadversions Noting and Taxing his Errors. By E.D. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccolòHeadlineMachiavelli's Discourses & Prince 1661-3PublisherPrinted for Thos. DringDate Published1663; 1661 Lot #81 The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New England [with] Acts and Laws, of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Massachusetts)HeadlineFirst printing of 1726 Massachusetts charterPublisherPrinted by B. Green... for Benjamin EliotDate Published1726-1731 Lot #82 History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. & James HallHeadlineOctavo Edition of McKenney & Hall complete w/ 120 PlatesPublisherD. Rice & A.N. HartDate Published1858 Lot #83 Moby-Dick; or, the Whale View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadline1st U.S. edition of Moby Dick by MelvillePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 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 #85 Gone With the Wind View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorMitchell, MargaretHeadlineGone With the Wind, first edition in dust jacketPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1936 Lot #86 Sei Quintetti Per due Violini Alto et due Violoncelli Concertanti [with other works] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Music)AuthorBoccherini, Luigi; Ignaz PleyelHeadlineBoccherini scores for violin, viola, violoncelloPublisherChez M. Venier et al.Date Published[c. 1770's-80's] Lot #87 Historical and Biographical Atlas of the New Jersey Coast, Illustrated View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(New Jersey)AuthorRose,T. F., H. C. Woolman, and T. T. PriceHeadlineScarce Atlas of New Jersey Coast 1878PublisherWoolman & RoseDate Published1878 Lot #88 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, Newton's System of the World; a short comment on, and defence of the Principia, by W. Emerson, with the laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English 1803PublisherPrinted for H.D. SymondsDate Published1803 Lot #89 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. [Bound with] Arithmetica Universalis; Sive de Compostione et Resolutione Arithmetica Liber. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia (1714) & Arithmetica (1732)PublisherSumptibus Societatis [&] Joh. et Herm VerbeekDate Published1714 [&] 1732 Lot #90 A Treatise of the System of the World. Translated into English View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's System of the World, 1738PublisherPrinted for F. FayramDate Published1728 Lot #91 Select Icelandic Poetry, translated from the originals; with notes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorHerbert, Willian, translatorHeadlineHerbert's translation of Norse sagaPublisherPrinted for T. Reynolds... by I. GoldDate Published1804-1806 Lot #92 California mining-related archive of E.B. Hawkins of Applegate, Oregon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Oregon)AuthorHawkins, E.B.HeadlineMining archive early 20th c. southern OregonDate Publishedc.1910-1924 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 #96 The Republic of Plato. In ten books. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, D.D. With a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients by the translator View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst edition in English of Plato's RepublicPublisherRobert and Andrew FoulisDate Published1763 Lot #97 Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory Panoramic Advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorRae, Julio H.HeadlineRae's Chestnut St. Panoramic Advertiser 1851PublisherJulio H. Rae, PublisherDate Published1851 Lot #98 Collection of photographs, broadsides, books, pamphlets, documents, maps, and other items pertaining to railroads in the United States from the mid-19th century the first half of the 20th View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Railroad Archive)HeadlinePhotos & ephemera on U.S. RailroadsDate Publishedc.1851-1930s 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next