Sale 462: Rare Books & Manuscripts including Literature & Americana (#462) 09/08/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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1
  • Heading
    (Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • Author
    [Wilson, William (Bill W.)]
  • Headline
    Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 4th Printing
  • Publisher
    Works Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1943
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
2
  • Author
    Anzarena, Christoval
  • Headline
    Scarce Don Quixote imitation by Anzarena
  • Publisher
    Don Geronymo de Castilla
  • Date Published
    No date [c. 1767]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
3
  • Author
    Appian of Alexandria
  • Headline
    Appian of Alexandria Romanrum Historiarum
  • Publisher
    Johannis Janssonii à Waesberge & Johannis à Someren
  • Date Published
    1670
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
6
  • Author
    Bailly, (Jean-Sylvain)
  • Headline
    Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale
  • Publisher
    Chex Debure l'aine
  • Date Published
    1787
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
8
  • Heading
    zzf(Bible in English)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Seven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613
  • Publisher
    Robert Barker
  • Date Published
    1613
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
9
  • Heading
    (Bible in Latin and French)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Bible in Latin & French Illustrated
  • Publisher
    Deot Jeune
  • Date Published
    1793-98
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
10
  • Author
    Biot, J(ean)-B(aptiste)
  • Headline
    Traité Élémentaire d'Astronomie Physique
  • Publisher
    Bachelier
  • Date Published
    1814-47
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
11
  • Author
    Blackwell, Elizabeth
  • Headline
    First book by the first American Woman Doctor
  • Publisher
    George P. Putnam
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
13
  • Author
    Borghini, Raffaello
  • Headline
    Raffaello Borghini Il Riposo 1584
  • Publisher
    Giorgio Marescotti
  • Date Published
    1584
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$750
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Bruce, James
  • Headline
    Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile 1st ed
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
21
  • Author
    Bullart, Isaac
  • Headline
    Academie des Sciences et des Arts
  • Publisher
    Louis Bilaine
  • Date Published
    1682
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
23
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    zzf
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Don Quixote in English 1771
  • Publisher
    Robert & Andrew Foulis
  • Date Published
    1771
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
24
  • Author
    Chaptal, [Jean-Antoine, comte de Chanteloup]
  • Headline
    L'art de Faire Gouverner et Perfectionner Les Vin
  • Publisher
    Chex Delain Fils
  • Date Published
    An X - 1801
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
25
  • Heading
    (Chinese Bronzes)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes
  • Publisher
    Smithsonian Institution
  • Date Published
    1946
Estimate$150 - $200
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
29
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    zzf
  • Author
    Coke, Edwardo
  • Headline
    Coke on Littleton 14th edition 1791
  • Publisher
    James Moore
  • Date Published
    1791
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
32
  • Author
    [Cooper, James Fenimore]
  • Headline
    Rare Dresen 1st Edition of Cooper's Water Witch
  • Publisher
    Printed for Walther
  • Date Published
    [not later than 18 September], 1830
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
33
  • Author
    Cornut, Jacques Philippe
  • Headline
    J.P. Cornut Canadensium Plantarum 1635
  • Publisher
    Simonem le Moyne
  • Date Published
    1635
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$5,000
StatusSold
34
  • Author
    D'Avenant, William
  • Headline
    Gondibert: An Heroick Poem 1651
  • Publisher
    John Holden
  • Date Published
    1651
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
35
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    zzf
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Darwin's On the Origin of Species 3rd American
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
36
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Darwin's On the Origin of Species 4th Edition
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Darwin's Descent of Man First Edition
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1871
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
38
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Darwin's Descent of Man 1887 Edition
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
39
  • Author
    Davy, Humphry
  • Headline
    Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Davy
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
42
  • Author
    Draparnaud, Jacues-Philippe-Ramond
  • Headline
    History of the mollusques of France
  • Publisher
    Chez D. colas and Chez Gabon
  • Date Published
    [an XIII, i.e. 1805]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
54
  • Author
    Fracastoro, Girolamo
  • Headline
    Girolamo Fracastoro La Sifilide Poema 1829
  • Publisher
    Co' Tipi Bodoniani
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
57
  • Heading
    (General Collection of Treatys)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    A General Collection of Treatys Second Edition
  • Publisher
    J.J. and P. Knapton, et al
  • Date Published
    1732
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
58
  • Author
    Haller, Albrecht von
  • Headline
    Haller's Elementa Physiologiae
  • Publisher
    Marci-Michael Bousquet / Sigismundi D'Arnay / Francisci Grasset / Julii Henrici Pott
  • Date Published
    1757-1778, 1782
Estimate$4,000 - $7,000
StatusUnsold
59
  • Author
    Heath, John Benjamin
  • Headline
    Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
60
  • Author
    Herodutus
  • Headline
    Herodutus in Greek 1557
  • Publisher
    ex officina Heruagiana
  • Date Published
    1557
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
61
  • Heading
    (Hippocrates)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Manuscript volume on Hippocrates
  • Date Published
    18th century?
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
67
  • Heading
    (Kelmscott Press)
  • Author
    More, Thomas
  • Headline
    Kelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas More
  • Publisher
    Kelmscott Press
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$4,375
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Le Cat, [Claude Nicolas]
  • Headline
    A physical essay on the senses... by Le Cat
  • Publisher
    For R. Griffiths
  • Date Published
    1750
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
72
  • Author
    Le Sage, [Alaine René]
  • Headline
    Oeuvres Choisies de le Sage in 15 vols
  • Publisher
    Rue et Hotel Serpente
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
77
  • Heading
    (Medical Manuscript)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Botica General de Remedios Experimentados.
  • Date Published
    18th century?
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
78
  • Author
    Michaelis, [Johann David]
  • Headline
    J.D. Michaelis Recueil de Questions
  • Publisher
    Baalde
  • Date Published
    1774
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
87
  • Heading
    (Nuremberg Chronicle)
  • Author
    Schedel, Hartman
  • Headline
    Four leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle
  • Publisher
    [Anton Koberger]
  • Date Published
    [1493]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
88
  • Heading
    (Nuremberg Chronicle)
  • Author
    Schedel, Hartman
  • Headline
    Three leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle
  • Publisher
    [Anton Koberger]
  • Date Published
    [1493]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$225
StatusSold
91
  • Heading
    (Pacific Gas & Electric)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Pre-PG&E president retires with special book
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
93
  • Author
    Priestley, Joseph
  • Headline
    Priestly on Vision, Light and Color 1772
  • Publisher
    J. Johnson
  • Date Published
    1772
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
97
  • Author
    Reigart, J. Franklin
  • Headline
    Life of Robert Fulton
  • Publisher
    C.G. Henderson
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$150 - $200
StatusUnsold
112
  • Author
    Schmid, Caspar von
  • Headline
    Commentarii ad processum summarium et edictalem
  • Publisher
    Joannis Hermanni
  • Date Published
    1695
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
113
  • Author
    [Shakespeare, William]
  • Headline
    Fourth folio editions of the Henry plays
  • Publisher
    [H. Herringman, et al]
  • Date Published
    [1685]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
114
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Samuel Johnson Edition of Shakespeare's plays
  • Publisher
    J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, H. Woodfall, et al.
  • Date Published
    1765
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
116
  • Author
    Shannon, Claude E.
  • Headline
    Programming a Computer for Playing Chess
  • Publisher
    Taylor & Francis
  • Date Published
    [1950]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
125
  • Author
    Thucydides
  • Headline
    Thucydides in Greek, 1540
  • Publisher
    Officina Hervagiana
  • Date Published
    1540
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
126
  • Author
    Torreblanca, Francisco
  • Headline
    Epitome Delictorum, sive De magia 1678
  • Publisher
    Joannis Antonii Huguetan
  • Date Published
    1678
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
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