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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #99 Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life AuthorWolfe, ThomasHeadlineWolfe's Look Homeward, Angel signed 1st in DJPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #101 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #103 The West of William H. Ashley: The international struggle for the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia...1822-1838 Heading(Ashley, William Henry)AuthorMorgan, Dale, editorHeadlineThe West of William H. Ashley, deluxe signed edPublisherFred A. RosenstockDate Published1964 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #112 The Magic Mountain AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineMann's Magic Mountain, signed 1st in EnglishPublisherAlfred. A. KnopfDate Published1927 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #113 It Took Nine Tailors AuthorMenjou, Adolphe, and M.M. MusselmanHeadlineMenjou's memoir signed by Hollywood greatsPublisherMcGraw - HillDate Published1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next