Sale 871: Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Art: A PBA Platinum Auction (#871) 09/03/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/03/2026 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 1-63 of 63. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Tactiks of Aelian; Or, art of embattailing an army after ye Grecian manner... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorAelianus TacticusHeadlineAncient Greek battle tacticsPublisherLawrence LisleDate Published[1616]; 1631 Lot #2 William Page Wood, Lord Hatherley View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorCameron, Julia MargaretHeadlineLord Hatherley photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron signedDate Published1868 Lot #3 Schwarzmaut View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorCelan, PaulHeadlinePaul Celan poems w/ etchings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange, signedPublisherBrunidorDate Published1969 Lot #4 The Jerusalem Windows with 15 signatures View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineChagall Jerusalem Windows with 15 signatures!PublisherGeorge Braziller by arrangement with André SauretDate Published[1962] Lot #5 Autograph letter, signed, from Stephen Crane to an editor of the Critic View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineStephen Crane ALS to editor of the Critic, 1896Date Published1896 Lot #6 Artist sketchbooks and early charcoal drawing by interned Japanese American artist, Henry Fukuhara View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorFukuhara, HenryHeadlineSketchbooks & drawing by interned artist, Henry FukuharaDate Published1932-1997 Lot #7 The Complete Works of O. Henry View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHenry, O.HeadlineComplete works of O. Henry with manuscript pagePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #8 Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women: Inscribed by Ye Names of Ye Nine Muses View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorHeywood, ThomasHeadlineHeywood's rare History of WomenPublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1624 Lot #9 The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophesies, and Predictions Interpreted; and their truth made good by our English Annals View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorHeywood, ThomasHeadline17th c. account of mythic MerlinPublisherPrinted by J. OkesDate Published1641 Lot #10 Bolinas Ridge to Pt. Montara [with] Bolinas Ridge to Duxbury Pt. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorKillion, TomHeadlineTom Killion signed prints of the Bolinas RidgePublisherThe Quail PressDate Published2004 Lot #11 Cowboy Stuff View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorLafrentz, F[erdinand] W[illiam]HeadlineLincoln Memorial ed. of Lafrentz's cowboy poems, w/ 50 signed platesPublisherPutnam's SonsDate Published1927 Lot #12 Moby Dick or the Whale - Signed by Rockwell Kent View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineRockwell Kent's masterpiece, Moby DickPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 Lot #13 Oil painting of Glenn Todd View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPewther, Beth (Liz Breger)HeadlineBeth Pewther painting of Glenn ToddDate Published1974 Lot #14 Vingt Histoires Extraordinaires View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe translated by Baudelaire, illustrated by Lobel-RichePublisherLe Livre de PlantinDate Published[1927] Lot #15 Nudes and Incidentals View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorTice, Clara and LazarHeadlineHand-colored artist's book signed by the Dada Queen of Greenwich VillagePublisherH. CunninghamDate Published1924 Lot #16 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's Jumping Frog 1st editionPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1867 Lot #17 Four prints by von Gloeden View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Authorvon Gloeden, WilhelmHeadline4 von Gloeden scenes of Taormina, c. 1900sDate Publishedc. 1900 Lot #18 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineArion Press Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 Lot #19 [History of the Peloponnesian War] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorThucydidesHeadlineAshendene Press edition of Thucydides 1930PublisherAshendene PressDate Published1930 Lot #20 The Holy Bible. Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by Old Masters View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Headline1795 Killer Bible, with plates by FittlerPublisherR. BowyerDate Published[1795] Lot #21 Elements of Botany: or Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables [with] Collections for an Essay towards a Materia Medica of the United-States View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Botany)AuthorBarton, Benjamin SmithHeadlineThe First US textbook of botanyPublisherPrinted for the authorDate Published1801-1803 Lot #22 Herbier de la France, ou Collection Complette des Plantes Indigenes de ce Royaume; Avec leurs Détails Anatomiques, leurs propriétés, et leurs usages en Medecine View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Botany)AuthorBulliard, PierreHeadlineWith 560 botanical platesPublisherChez l'auteur, et al.Date Published1780-[1792] Lot #23 Assessment Roll of Alameda County, For the Year 1858 and 1859 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(California - Alameda County)HeadlineAssessing property in Alameda County, 1858Date Published1859 Lot #24 History of Nevada County, California, With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Manufacturies. From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Nevada County)AuthorWells, Harry LaurenzHeadlineHistory of Nevada County with litho plates 1880PublisherThompson & WestDate Published1880 Lot #25 The recuile of the histories of Troie... translated out of Frenche in to Englishe by Wyllyam Caxton Mercer of London View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorLefèvre, RaoulHeadlineWilliam Copland's 1553 ed. of Caxton's 1st book in EnglishPublisherWyllyam CoplandDate Published1553 Lot #26 Shanghai: 1935 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorDay, RuthHeadlineShanghai's high society in 1935PublisherThe Saunders Studio PressDate Published1936 Lot #27 U.S. Treasury, Specimens View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Currency)HeadlineWith 145 engravings used in American CurrencyPublisherBureau of Engraving and PrintingDate Published[c. 1869-1876] Lot #28 Keats View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineKeats's Poems from the Doves PressPublisher[Doves Press]Date Published1914 Lot #29 Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dubuffet, Jean)HeadlineThe Complete Catalogue of Jean Dubuffet's worksDate Published[1966-1991] Lot #30 Rebels no Saints: Or, a Collection of the Speeches, Private Passages, Letters, and Prayers of those Persons Lately Executed... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(English Civil War)Author[W.S.]HeadlineRegicidal writings of the English Civil War, 1661PublisherPrinted, and are to be sold by the several Book-sellers in London and Westminster-hallDate Published1661 Lot #31 Historical documents of Charles II and James II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(English Royalty)Headline29 historical documents of Charles II & James II of EnglandDate Published1660-1685 Lot #32 Album of forty-eight hand-colored cartes de visite portraits View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Japan)AuthorBeato, FeliceHeadlineScarce Felice Beato album of Japanese cartes de visiteDate Publishedc.1863 Lot #33 Adolfo Farsari album of 66 hand-colored albumen photographs of Japan View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Japan)AuthorFarsari, Adolfo (studios)HeadlineA. Farsari hand-colored photo album 1880s JapanPublisherA. Farsari & Co.Date Publishedc.1880's Lot #34 Mammoth plate photograph of Fujiyama from Numagawa River View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorKimbei, KusakabeHeadlineKusakabe Kimbei mammoth albumen printDate Published[c. 1880] Lot #35 Masterpieces Selected from the Ukiyoye School View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Japan)AuthorShiichi, TajimaHeadlineUkiyoye masterpieces Edition de Luxe 5 vol. set - one of 100 copiesPublisherThe Shimbi ShoinDate Published1906-1909 Lot #36 Kabbala Denudata View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorRosenroth, Christian Knorr, Baron von, compiler & translatorHeadlineRare 17th century Kabbalistic setDate Published1677-1684 Lot #37 Au Royaume de la Perle View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Lanoë, Charles)AuthorRosenthal, LeonardHeadlineWith 10 stunning plates in full moroccoPublisherL'Edition d'Art, H. PiazzaDate Published[1920] Lot #38 Collectanea Miscellanea Orientalia View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Miscellany)AuthorHunt, GeorgeHeadlineGlobal manuscripts of the British Museum, transcribedDate Published1820 Lot #39 Flying: The New Industry View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mercury Aviation Company)HeadlinePromotional for Mercury Aviation, 1919PublisherMercury Aviation Co.Date Published[1919] Lot #40 The Rubaiyat ***WITHDRAWN*** View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mosher, Thomas B.)AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineMosher and Grigsby's Rubaiyat, 7 of 10 on vellum ***WITHDRAWN***PublisherThomas B. Mosher and Emilie GrigsbyDate Published1899 Lot #41 The Vanishing Race View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineCurtis orotone, The Vanishing RaceDate Published1904 / c.1919 Lot #42 National Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made by the authority of the Hon. O.H. Browning Secretary of the Interior. In the Office of the Indian Bureau Chiefly for Government Purposes under the direction of the Hon. N.G. Taylor Commise. of Indian affairs & Hon. Chas. E. Mix Chief Clerk of the Indian Bureau View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorKeeler, William J.HeadlineSamuel Felton's Copy of Keeler's National Map with Indian reservations, 1867PublisherJ.F. Gedney, Lithographer, Engraver & Plate PrinterDate Published1867 Lot #43 Album of the Finest Birds of all Countries View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)Author[Becker, Wilhelm]HeadlineScarce album of the finest birds, c. 1860PublisherWeik & WieckDate Published[c. 1860] Lot #44 L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineMoser's signed Wizard of Oz, Pennyroyal PressPublisherPennyroyalDate Published1985 Lot #45 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePennyroyal Huckleberry Finn with additional suite of prints & reading copyPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 Lot #46 Late nineteenth century travel photograph album of East Asia, India, Africa, and Egypt View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Photograph Albums)Headline19th c. Italian photo album of Asia and AfricaDate Publishedc.1860-1880 Lot #47 Pablo Picasso View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Picasso, Pablo)AuthorZervos, Christian, editorHeadlineCatalogue Raisonné of Pablo PicassoPublisherCahiers d'Art; E. WeyheDate Published1932-1967 Lot #48 A Voyage to the Coast of Africa in 1758. Containing a succinct Account of the Expedition, and the taking of the island of Goree, by a squadron commanded by The Honourable Augustus Keppel View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Senegal)AuthorLindsay, Rev. JohnHeadlineLindsay on the taking of Goree, with all 9 platesPublisherPrinted for S. PatersonDate Published1759 Lot #49 Carbonic Walrus, from The Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)HeadlineDr. Seuss Carbonic Walrus, Unorthodox TaxidermyPublisherThe Estate of Dr. SeussDate Published1995 Lot #50 Green Cat in Uleåborg Finland Subway View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)HeadlineDr. Seuss Secret Cats print, Green Cat in Finnish SubwayPublisherThe Estate of Dr. SeussDate Published2003 Lot #51 Greenish Cat on a Pinkish Pot View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)HeadlineDr. Seuss serigraph, 1/99 Lot #52 Pinkish Cat on a Greenish Pot View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)HeadlineDr. Seuss serigraph, 1/99 Lot #53 Sawfish, from The Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)HeadlineDr. Seuss Sawfish sculpture, Unorthodox TaxidermyPublisherThe Estate of Dr. SeussDate Published2003 Lot #54 Singing Cats View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)HeadlineSinging Cats serigraph 1/850Date Publishedc. 2000 Lot #55 Central Recorder - Jan. 21, 1920 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Seuss, Dr.)AuthorHaile, Pennington et al, editorsHeadlineFirst published illustration by Dr. Seuss - 1920PublisherThe Pupils of Central High SchoolDate Published1920 Lot #56 Voyage de Siam [with] Second Voyage du Pere Tachard View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Thailand)AuthorTachard, GuyHeadlineTwo Jesuit missions to Kingdom of SiamDate Published1686; 1689 Lot #57 The English Pilot. Part III: Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Bays, Roads, Harbours, Rivers and Ports; together with the Soundings, Sands, Rocks and Dangers in the whole Mediterranean Sea... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(The English Pilot)HeadlineEnglish Pilot Pt. III, Mediterranean maps & atlasesPublisherPrinted for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. MountDate Published1776 Lot #58 The Annual Register, 1758-1790 View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(U.S. Political History)HeadlineThe Annual Register, 1758-1790PublisherDodsleyDate Published1758-1790 Lot #59 Manuscript journal of a seaman on the whaling ship Jireh Swift View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Whaling)AuthorFarrell, John O.HeadlineWhaling journal from 1857-61Date Published1857-1861 Lot #60 A Discourse on Witchcraft, Occasioned by a Bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the Statute made in the first Year of the Reign of King James I, Intituled, An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked Spirits. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Witchcraft)HeadlinePamphlet against existence of witches, 1736PublisherPrinted for J. Read, in White-FryarsDate Published1736 Lot #61 The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft: wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy but that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests or the like, is utterly denied and disproved... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Witchcraft)AuthorWebster, JohnHeadlineWebster debunks witchcraft in 1677PublisherPrinted by J.M.Date Published1677 Lot #62 Erotic #5, from the Bag One series View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Yoko Ono)AuthorLennon, JohnHeadlineJohn Lennon erotic lithograph, signed and numberedDate Published[1970] Lot #63 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION View details StatusCLOSED! 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