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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Collection of Ansel Adams Yosemite winter sport and recreation photographs for Donald Tresidder AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineCollection of Ansel Adams Yosemite photographs and negatives for Donald Tresidder (with additions)Date Publishedc.1928-30 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #2 Le Tableau des Riches Inventions: couvertes du voile des feintes amoureuses, qui sont representees dans le songe de Poliphile Heading(Alchemy and Occult)AuthorColonna, FrancescoHeadlineAlchemical interpretation of Hypnerotomachia PoliphiliPublisherChez Matthieu GuillemotDate Published1600 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 Telephone Buildings: Bell System Heading(American Telephone and Telegraph Company)HeadlineTelephone Buildings: Bell System, 1930 with 50 orig. architectural photosDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 A.L. Aydelott and Associates Architects 1950-1954 Heading(Architecture - A.L. Aydelott)HeadlineUtopian architecture from the Father of Memphis ModernismDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #5 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineArion Press Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #6 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorLongusHeadlineAshendene Daphnis and Chloe, 1933PublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #7 Institutio Astronomica, Juxta Hypotheseis Tam Veterum Quam Copernici et Tychonis Heading(Astronomy)AuthorGassendi, PierreHeadlineEarly London edition of Gassendi's Institutio Astronomica, 1653PublisherTypis Jacobi FlesherDate Published1653 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #8 Tychonis Brahei, Equitis Dani, Astronomorum Coryphaei, Vita Heading(Astronomy)AuthorGassendi, PierreHeadlineGassendi's lives of Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, von Peurbach, and RegiomontanusPublisherEx Typographia Adriani VlacqDate Published1655 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #9 Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan AuthorBallard, J.G.HeadlineWhy I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan, first edition, 1968PublisherUnicorn BookshopDate Published1968 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #10 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlinePennyroyal Press edition of The Wizard of Oz illustrated by Barry Moser 1/350PublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #11 The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe Circa Mccclxxx: Now first printed from a contemporary Manuscript formerly in the Monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the collection of Lea Wilson FSA Heading(Bible in English)AuthorWycliffe, John, translatorHeadlineChiswick Press edition of Wycliffe's New Testament, 1848PublisherPrinted at Chiswick by Charles Whittingham for William PickeringDate Published1848 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Congress AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineThe Congress, limited edition signed by Jorge Luis BorgesPublisherEnitharmon PressDate Published1974 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #13 Blueprints for the Torin Corporation building in Van Nuys AuthorBreuer, MarcelHeadlineBreuer blueprints for Van Nuys Torin Corp, 1955Date Published1955 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 Nature's Cabinet Unlock'd. Wherein is Discovered The natural Causes of Metals, Stones, precious Earths, Juyces, Humors, and Spirits, The nature of Plants in general; their Affections, Parts, and Kinds in Particular AuthorBrowne, Sir ThomasHeadlineNature's Cabinet attr. to Sir Thomas Browne, 1657PublisherPrinted for Edward FarnhamDate Published1657 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #15 Scrapbook of 1860s California ephemera Heading(California)HeadlineScrapbook of 1860s San Franciscan politicsDate Publishedc.1860s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 Album Mexicano. Colección de paisajes, monumentos, costumbres y ciudades principales de La Republica. AuthorCastro, Casimiro et.al.HeadlineTwenty-eight superb, and rare, lithographs of Mexico CityPublisherAntigua litografia Debray sucs.Date PublishedNo date, c.1880s View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: Etchings and Woodcuts by Alan James Robinson Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineDeluxe copy of Cheloniidae Press Poe with extra suite of prints and ephemeraPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1981] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,750StatusSold Lot #18 An Odd Bestiary, Or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled From Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc., By Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary. Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson's An Odd Bestiary with extra suite of printsPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,100StatusSold Lot #19 The Story of Annabelle Ant Heading(Children's Books)AuthorWilliamson, Mary E. and Mary K. LuckettHeadlineOriginal maquette for an unpublished children's bookDate Publishedc.1930's View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #20 The World Crisis 1911-1918: Abridged & Revised Edition AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The World Crisis SignedPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published1937 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #21 Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Græcorum Sylloge Heading(Classical Literature)AuthorAmar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editorsHeadlineThe Latin and Greek Classics printed by DidotDate Published[1823-1831] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Le Costume Historique Heading(Costume)AuthorRacinet, M.A.HeadlineFolio edition of Racinet's Le Costume Historique with 300 chromolithographsPublisherLibrairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #23 Ten hand-colored etchings signed and dated by Cruikshank AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadline10 hand-colored etchings signed by CruikshankDate Published1828-1829 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 Confessions of a Crap Artist AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSigned by Philip K. DickPublisherEntwhistle BooksDate Published1975 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #25 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSharp copy of PKD masterpiece, Do Androids Dream of Electric SheepPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1968 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #26 A Handful of Darkness AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD's scarce second book, A Handful of Darkness, 1st ed. in jacketPublisherRich & CowanDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #27 A Maze of Death AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD's A Maze of Death with author's compliments cardPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1970 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #28 Typed letter signed by Philip K. Dick addressed to his ex-wife Tessa AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD ALS on the golden ratio and chaos in family lifeDate PublishedApril 2, 1979 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #29 World of Chance AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSweet copy (in jacket) of PKD's first published novel, World of ChancePublisherRich and CowanDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #30 The Life of Charles Dickens Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorForster, JohnHeadlineLife of Dickens, extra-illustrated + album of 100 letters from ForsterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872-1874 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens finely bound by Macdonald in 30 volumesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #32 The Raven Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Raven Gustave Dore IllustrationsPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineAdventures of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, 1892PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1892 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Press photograph of Albert Einstein with pipe Heading(Einstein, Albert)HeadlineEinstein press photograph, 1935Date Publishedprint date: 1935 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 Zur Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein offprint of early work on relativity, Zur Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, 1923PublisherPrussian Academy of SciencesDate Published1923 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #36 Maestlin, Michael AuthorEpitome AstronomiaeHeadlineAstronomy book by the mentor of Johannes Kepler, 1588PublisherGeorg GruppenbachDate Published1588 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 Eusebii Pamphili, episcopi Caesareae, quae est Palaestinae, De vita Co[n]stantini Imperat. libri quinq[ue] AuthorEusebius of CaesareaHeadlineEusebius' Life of Constantine, 1546PublisherMichaelis FezandatDate Published1546 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Map of San Francisco - Great Park Homestead Association AuthorFennell, Charles E.HeadlineGreat Park Homestead Assn. map of SF 1869PublisherW.P. HumphreysDate Published1869 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 Introduction to Theoretical Physics Heading(Feynman, Richard)AuthorSlater, John C. and Nathaniel H. FrankHeadlineRichard Feynman's Theoretical Physics textbook from MIT, signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published1933 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #40 The Man and the Monster! Or, the Fate of Frankenstein; A Peculiar Romantic Melo-Dramatic Pantomimic Spectacle, in Two Acts... Heading(Frankenstein)AuthorMilner, Henry M.HeadlineWith first depiction of Frankenstein's monster in printPublisherJohn DuncombeDate Published[1826] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The General in His Labyrinth AuthorGarcía Márquez, GabrielHeadlineLimited edition signed by García MárquezPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1990 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #42 Love in the Time of Cholera AuthorGarcía Márquez, GabrielHeadlineLimited edition signed by Gabriel García Márquez, 1st U.S. ed.PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1988 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #43 Nine original drawings used as prototypes for illustrations in Georg Ebers's Aegypten in Bild und Wort [with] complete sets of the German and English first editions AuthorGentz, Wilhelm and Ismael, with Leopold Mueller and Charles WelschHeadlineEgyptology, original drawings & Ebers 1stsDate Publishedc. 1870s View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #44 Virtual Light AuthorGibson, WilliamHeadlineOne of 26 deluxe copies signed by GibsonPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1993 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #45 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A reading & study Heading(Granary Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, signed by Barbara Fahrner and Philip GalloPublisherGranary Press1Date Published1993 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #46 Hand-written manuscript for Gladiator of the Sea AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Gladiator of the Sea manuscriptDate Publishedc. 1917 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #47 Manuscript articles hand-written in binder AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineAlbum of Zane Grey articles in manuscriptDate Publishedc. 1935 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #48 L'Annonciateur du Bien qui Viendra: Premier Appel à L'Humanité Actuelle (The Herald of the Coming Good) AuthorGurdjieff, Georges IvanovitchHeadlineSuppressed first French edition of Gurdjieff's Herald of the Coming Good, 1933Date Published1933 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #49 Solid train load of Hickmott's Bouldin Island Asparagus Shipped August 1900 to fill partly the orders from one of the eastern markets Heading(Hickmott Canning Co.)HeadlinePhotograph of Hickmott's Asparagus train bound for parts eastDate Published1900 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 Elements of Philosophy, The First Section Concerning Body. Written in Latine by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. And now translated into English. To which are added six lessons to the professors of mathematicks of the institution of Sr. Henry Savile, in the University of Oxford. AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Hobbes' Elements of Philosophy, 1656PublisherPrinted by R.&W. Leybourn for Andrew CrockeDate Published1656 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #51 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... AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineHobbes' De Cive, first in English, 1651PublisherPrinted by J.G. for R. RoystonDate Published1651 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Brave New World: A Novel AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineBrave New World, limited first edition signed by Aldous HuxleyPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #53 The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Heading(India)AuthorCrooke, W.HeadlineW. Brooke's study on various Indian peoples, 1896PublisherOffice of the Superintendent of Government Printing, IndiaDate Published1896 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #54 Archive of documents relating to the War Relocation Authority and Japanese internment during World War II Heading(Japanese Internment)HeadlineArchive on Japanese-American internmentDate Published1942-1946 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #55 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first book editionPublisherB.W. HuebschDate Published1916 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #56 De sexcentum & tredecim mosaice sanctionis edictis. Eiusdem Philosophica: prophetica: ac talmudistica pro christiana veritate tuenda cum iuniori Hebreorum synagoga mirabili ingenij acumine disputatio. Eiusdem I cabalistae: seu allegorisan num eruditionem ysagoge. Eiusde de noves doctrinae orinibus: & totius perypatentici dogmatis nexu compendium. Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorRicci, PaoloHeadline4 early Kabbalah texts of Paolo Ricci, 1510PublisherGiacomo BurgofranchoDate Published1510 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #57 The Life and Death of Jason, A Poem Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris' The Life and Death of Jason, Kelmscott Press, 1895Publisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1895] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #58 The Nature of Gothic Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineKelmscott Press, The Nature of GothicPublisher[George Allen]Date Published[1892] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #59 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineFirst issue in jacket of Kesey's first novelPublisherViking PressDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #60 A Voyage of La Pérouse round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 AuthorLa Pérouse, Jean Francois Galaup deHeadlineLa Pérouse 1st in English 1798, 3 volsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1798 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Des Canons, des Munitions? Merci! Des Logis... S.V.P. AuthorLe CorbusierHeadlineSigned with inscription and TLS by Le CorbusierPublisherÉditions de l'Architecture d'Aujourd'huiDate Published1937 [i.e. 1938] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #62 Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIX Heading(Leibniz, G.W.)HeadlineActa Eruditorum journal with papers by Leibniz, 1689PublisherProstant apud. J. Grossium & J.F. GleditschiumDate Published1689 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 Cursus Mathematicus. Mathematical Sciences, in Nine Books AuthorLeybourn, WilliamHeadlineLeybourn's textbook of arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, astronomy, 1690PublisherThomas Bassett, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John ChurchillDate Published1690 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Die kleine Speyerer Basis oder Beweis dass man mit einem geringen Aufwand an Zeit, Mühe und Kosten durch eine kleine genau gemessene Linie die Grundlage einer grossen Triangulation bestimmen Kann Heading(Mathematics - Carl Friedrich Gauss)AuthorSchwerd, Friedrich M.HeadlineCarl Friedrich Gauss' copy with his signaturePublisherJacob Christian KolbDate Published1822 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #65 The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment Heading(Mathematics)AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1838 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #66 The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners Heading(Mathematics)AuthorEuclidHeadlineByrne's Euclid Elements in color, 1847PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1847 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 Marisa Flag on Beach, Ocean Beach San Francisco AuthorMiller, KenHeadlineMarisa Flag on Beach, Ocean Beach San FranciscoDate Published1985 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 [Richard Misrach 1979] AuthorMisrach, RichardHeadlineRalph Gibson's copy with signed inscription by MisrachPublisher[Grapestake Gallery]Date Published[1979] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #69 The Contest in America Between Great Britain and France, with its Consequences and Importance...By an Impartial Hand. Author[Mitchell, John]HeadlineMitchell's Contest in America 1757PublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1757 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #70 Gone With the Wind AuthorMitchell, MargaretHeadlineSigned by Margaret Mitchell, first edition in jacketPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1936 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #71 Leaf from Wynkyn de Worde's 1529 Morte D'Arthur Heading(Morte D'Arthur)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineBifolium from Wynken de Worde's Morte D'Arthur, 1529Publisher[Wynkyn de Worde]Date Published[1529] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #72 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the City of New York Heading(New York - Draft Riots)HeadlineSigned by John Decker, Chief Engineer of NYFD during Draft RiotsPublisherEdmund Jones & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #73 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Editio Ultima Cui Accedit Analysis per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones ac Differentias cum enumeratione Linearum Tertii Ordinis AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineAmsterdam pirate edition of Newton's PrincipiaPublisherSumptibus SocietatisDate Published1723 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #74 Histoire de L'Art dans L'Antiquité Égypte - Assyrie - Perse - Asie Mineure - Grece - Étrurie - Rome AuthorPerrot, Georges and Charles ChipiezHeadlineTen volume history of Art of the Antiquities by PerrotPublisherLibrairie HatchetteDate Published1882-1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 Documents Archeologiques sur la Egypte, Nubie, Syrie Heading(Photo Album - Egypt, Holy Land)AuthorHammerschmidt, Wilhelm and Henry John van Lennep,HeadlineHammerschmidt and van Lennep album of Holy Land photographsDate Publishedc.1869 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #76 Around the World: album of photographs from a British traveler's trip through Asia Heading(Photo Album)HeadlineAlbum of Japan, China, Pacific snapshots 1900Date Published1900 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Album of photographs and watercolors through Albania, Montenegro, and France Heading(Photo Album)Author[Buchan-Hepburn, Sir ArchibaldHeadlineAlbum of Montenegro & Albania w/ watercolorsDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #78 Sheriff's Mugshot book from Contra Costa County, 1916-17 Heading(Photography - Mug Shot Book)HeadlineMugshot book from Contra Costa County Sheriff's office, 1916-17ProvenanceFrom the collection of John E. MurdockDate PublishedApril, 1916-March, 1917 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #79 Signed card by Max Planck with photograph AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineSigned "thank you" card from Max Planck on his 80th birthdayDate Published1938 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #80 Callimachi Cyrenaei Hymni, Epigrammata et Fragmenta Quae Exstant...Moscou Syrakousiou, Biōnos Smyrnaiou Eidyllia Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorCallimachusHeadlinePlantin Press Callimachus, 1584PublisherApud Christophorum PlantinumDate Published1584 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #81 Omnia Divini Platonis Opera tralatione Marsilii Ficini, emendatione et ad Graecum codicem collatione Simonis Grynaei, summa diligentia repurgata, quibus subjectus est index quam copiosissimus Heading(Plato)AuthorFicino, Marsilio, translatorHeadlineFicino's Plato in 17th century prize bindingPublisher[Apud H. Frobenium et N. Episcopium]Date Published1561 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus AuthorPliny, the ElderHeadlinePliny Historie of the World, First Edition in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1601 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #83 [Polybiou Megalopolitou istoriōn biblia 5, kai epitomai 12] / Polybij Megalopolitani Historiarum libri priores quinque AuthorPolybiusHeadlinePolybius' history in Greek and Latin, 1549PublisherPer Ioannem Heruagium / Johannes HerwagenDate Published[1549] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 Atlas accompanying the report on the Geology of a Portion of the Uinta Mountains and a Region of Country Adjacent Thereto AuthorPowell, John WesleyHeadlinePowell's Atlas for report on the Geology of the Uinta Mountains, 1876PublisherJulius Bien Lith. for the Department of the Interior U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey...Date Published1876 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #85 John Ermine of the Yellowstone AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlineSigned by Frederick Remington with inscriptionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #86 The Works of Shakespeare Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorWright, William Aldis, editorHeadlineExtra illustrated and finely bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893-1895 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #87 Automata, Old and New Heading(Robots)AuthorCooke, Conrad WilliamHeadline1st book about 'Robot' AutomatonsPublisherChiswick PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #88 The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1852-53: Embracing a general directory of citizens; a street directory; a new and complete map of the city; and an appendix of general information, an almanac, etc. First Publication Heading(San Francisco Directory 1852-53)HeadlineRare San Francisco Directory 1852 with early map of SFPublisherPublished by James M. Parker... Monson, Haswell & Co., PrintersDate Published1852 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #89 Illuminated broadside for Theurkauf's model of San Francisco with plans, photographs, and sketches for the miniature portable exhibit Heading(San Francisco)AuthorTheurkauf, Rudolph G.HeadlineIlluminated broadside, plans, sketches, and photos of Theurkauf's 1927 model of SFDate Published1927 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 Scientific Toys: Made for Amusement but Illustrating Some Important Principle Heading(Scientific Toys)AuthorHunter, JuliaHeadlineScientific Toys: Made for Amusement but Illustrating Some Important Principle, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A New Bibliophile Edition Printed on Sheets of Pure Cork With the Spanish Version and With Illustrations in colour By Anthony Saló AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHamlet printed on cork, 1930. 1/100 copiesPublisherReinhold WetzigDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 American Cookery, or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables and the Best Mode of Making Puff Pastes, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards, and Preserves...Together with the rules of Carving at Dinner parties. Exemplified With Cuts. Author[Simmons, Ameila] An OrphanHeadlineOnly illustrated edition of first cookbook authored by an AmericanPublisherA. ColtonDate Published1831 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #93 Cryptonomicon AuthorStephenson, NealHeadlineCryptonomicon, one of 250 in the Signed Limited First EditionPublisherAvon BooksDate Published1999 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #94 Snow Crash AuthorStephenson, NealHeadlineFirst Edition, Signed by Neal StephensonPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1992] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #95 The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, Restored, by Inigo Jones Esq.; Architect General to the King Heading(Stonehenge)AuthorJones, Inigo; Walter Charleton; John WebbHeadlineInigo Jones on Roman origin of Stonehenge, 1725PublisherD. Browne Junior, J. Woodman and D. LyonDate Published1725 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis AuthorTuring, Alan M.HeadlineAlan Turing offprint The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis, 1952PublisherCambridge University Press for the Royal SocietyDate Published1952 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #97 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original sheep binding, 1st editionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries AuthorWasson, R. Gordon, Albert Hofmann, and Carl A.P. 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