Sale 858: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction (#858) 02/26/2026 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/26/2026 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 858 764 PDF Prices Realized View â–¼ 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 1-21 of 21. Previous|1|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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next