Sale 447: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#447) 02/14/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/14/2011 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 447 89 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 #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineE.A. Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #9 The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem: with annotations and an astronomical appendix. By Edward Sherburne, Esquire View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorManilius, MarcusHeadlineManilius' Sphere trans. Ed. Sherburne 1675PublisherPrinted for Nathanael Brooke, at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal ExchangeDate Published1675 Lot #10 Atomic Energy for Military Purposes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSmyth, Henry D.HeadlineAtomic Energy Signed by ScientistsPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1945 Lot #11 The Birds of America View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineFull-size facsimile of Audubon's Birds of AmericaPublisherJohnson Reprint Corporation / Theatrum Orbis TerrarumDate Published1971 Lot #38 Ueber die mechanischen Analogien des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBoltzmann, LudwigHeadlineRare Boltzmann offprint on EntropyPublisher[Georg Reimer]Date Published[1885] Lot #48 The Structure of Synthetic Polypeptides. I. The Transform of Atoms on a Helix View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(DNA)AuthorCrick, F[rancis] H.C. & W. Cochran & V. VandHeadlineOffprint of Crick's DNA spiral stuctures 1952PublisherFr. Bagges Kgl. HofbogtrykkeriDate Published1952 Lot #49 Two author's offprints of papers by George Gamow on DNA View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(DNA)AuthorGamow, GeorgeHeadline2 offprints of papers by George Gamow on DNADate Published1954 Lot #52 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #53 Philosophiae Cartesiamae Epitome View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Descartes, Rene)Author**HeadlineEnglish ms. of Descartes Philosophiae c.1690Date Published[c.1690] Lot #59 Four major papers by Albert Einstein, in Annalen der Physik - Bands 17 & 18 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineFour major papers by Albert Einstein, 1905PublisherJohan Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #60 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 Lot #61 The Principle of Relativity [&] The Theory of Relativity View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorEinstein, Albert, et alHeadline2 works on relativity by EinsteinPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1923 & 1924] Lot #71 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1769PublisherPrinted for David Henry and sold by Francis NewberyDate Published1769 Lot #72 Arbeiten aus dem zoologisch-vergleichend-anatomischen Institute der Universität Wien. VII. Beobachtungen über Gestaltung und feineren Bau der als Hoden beschriebenen Lappenorgane des Aals View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineFreud's second published work 1877PublisherKarl Gerold's SonDate Published1877 Lot #91 Arithmologia sive, De abditis numerorum mysterijs qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur; abditæ eorundem proprietates demonstrantur; fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur; denique post Cabalistarum, Arabum, Gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera & licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's Arithmologia 1665PublisherEx typographia VaresijDate Published1665 Lot #92 Beschrijving en Afbeeldingen van de Beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren... [with] Beschrijving van Vruchtmoomen en Vruchten, die men in Hoven Plant en Onderhoudt...[with] Beschrijving van Plantagie-Gewassen... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorKnoop, Johann HermannHeadlineJohann Hermann Knoop Apples, Pears & other FruitPublisherAllart, Holtrop, de Leeuw en KrapDate Published1790 Lot #95 The Fruit-Garden Kalendar: Or, A Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden. [with] The Gentleman's Recreation: Or, The Second Part of the Art of Gardening Improved. [with] The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLaurence [or Lawrence], JohnHeadlineThe Fruit Garden Kalendar, etc. by John LaurencePublisherBernard LintotDate Published1718, 1717, 1717 Lot #98 Opera. Accedunt integrae I Pontani, J Meursii, J Gronovii notae & animadversiones View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMacrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius TheodosiusHeadlineFirst English Printing of MacrobiusPublisherM.C. & B.M. for T. Dring and C. HarperDate Published1694 Lot #117 Opus de re Medica View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPaulus AeginetaHeadlinePaulus Aegineta Opus De re MedicaPublisherArrivabenusDate Published1542 Lot #118 Arctic Zoology View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlineThomas Pennant Arctic ZoologyPublisherHenry HughesDate Published1784-5 Lot #119 The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, illustrated by Examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorPennethorne, JohnHeadlineGeometry and Optics of Ancient ArchitecturePublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1878 Lot #120 Essais de physique, ou Recueil de plusieurs traitez touchant les choses naturelles. Tome I View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPerrault, ClaudeHeadlinePerrault Essais de physique Vol. I 1680PublisherChez Jean Baptiste CoignardDate Published1680 Lot #122 Guilielmi Postelli de Universitate libri duo: in quibus Astronomiae, Doctrinaeve coelistis compendium View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPostel, GuilllaumeHeadline1635 Astonomy text by PostellusPublisherJoannis MaireDate Published1635 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next