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 ▼ 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 1-23 of 23. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #15 Scrapbook of 1860s California ephemera Heading(California)HeadlineScrapbook of 1860s San Franciscan politicsDate Publishedc.1860s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #111 The Evidences Against Christianity AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlinePresentation copy of Hittell on ChristianityPublisherCalvin BlanchardDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #114 The Epistles of Phalaris. Translated from the Greek. To which are added, Some Select Epistles of the most eminent Greek Writers. AuthorPhalarisHeadlineEpistles of Phalaris, 1749PublisherPrinted for R. FrancklinDate Published1749 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Odes of Pindar. With several other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is added a Dissertation on the Olympick Games AuthorPindarHeadlineWest's Pindar, 2nd ed. in 2 vols.PublisherPrinted for R. DodsleyDate Published1753 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #116 The Comedies of Plautus. Translated into Familiar Blank Verse AuthorPlautusHeadlinePlautus's Comedies, Warner & ThorntonPublisherPrinted for J. Lister, T Becket, P.A. de Hondt, R. Baldwin, T. Davis & R. DavisDate Published1767-1774 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next