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 1-42 of 42. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineE.A. Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #7 The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony: Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Heading(Anthony, Susan B.)AuthorHarper, Ida HustedHeadlineThe Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony InscribedPublisherBowen-Merrill CompanyDate Published1898-99 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #8 Antiphonal leaf on vellum Heading(Antiphonal Leaf)Author**HeadlineAntiphonal leaf on vellumDate Publishedc.15th century View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem: with annotations and an astronomical appendix. By Edward Sherburne, Esquire 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 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #10 Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSmyth, Henry D.HeadlineAtomic Energy Signed by ScientistsPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1945 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Manuscript Torah scroll on vellum Heading(Bible in Hebrew - Manuscript Torah)Author**HeadlineManuscript Torah scroll on vellum, early 19th c.Date Publishedc.19th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #38 Ueber die mechanischen Analogien des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik AuthorBoltzmann, LudwigHeadlineRare Boltzmann offprint on EntropyPublisher[Georg Reimer]Date Published[1885] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #48 The Structure of Synthetic Polypeptides. I. The Transform of Atoms on a Helix Heading(DNA)AuthorCrick, F[rancis] H.C. & W. Cochran & V. VandHeadlineOffprint of Crick's DNA spiral stuctures 1952PublisherFr. Bagges Kgl. HofbogtrykkeriDate Published1952 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 Two author's offprints of papers by George Gamow on DNA Heading(DNA)AuthorGamow, GeorgeHeadline2 offprints of papers by George Gamow on DNADate Published1954 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #53 Philosophiae Cartesiamae Epitome Heading(Descartes, Rene)Author**HeadlineEnglish ms. of Descartes Philosophiae c.1690Date Published[c.1690] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #59 Four major papers by Albert Einstein, in Annalen der Physik - Bands 17 & 18 AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineFour major papers by Albert Einstein, 1905PublisherJohan Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #61 The Principle of Relativity [&] The Theory of Relativity AuthorEinstein, Albert, et alHeadline2 works on relativity by EinsteinPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1923 & 1924] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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 AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1769PublisherPrinted for David Henry and sold by Francis NewberyDate Published1769 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold 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 AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineFreud's second published work 1877PublisherKarl Gerold's SonDate Published1877 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #79 The Sun Also Rises AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineSun Also Rises inscribed by HemingwayPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Clipped signature and original portrait AuthorHitler, AdolphHeadlineAdolph Hitler signatureDate PublishedSept. 1936 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #83 Manuscript Book of Hours with numerous illuminated initials and other decorations Heading(Horae B.V.M.)Author**HeadlineManuscript Book of Hours 15th centuryDate Publishedc. late 15th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #84 Horae B.V.M. Heading(Illuminated Book of Hours)Author**HeadlineIlluminated Book of Hours c.15th centuryDate Publishedc.15th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #88 Finnegans Wake AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineFinnegans Wake 1/425 signed by JoycePublisherFaber & Faber/VikingDate Published1939 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold 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 AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's Arithmologia 1665PublisherEx typographia VaresijDate Published1665 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #98 Opera. Accedunt integrae I Pontani, J Meursii, J Gronovii notae & animadversiones AuthorMacrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius TheodosiusHeadlineFirst English Printing of MacrobiusPublisherM.C. & B.M. for T. Dring and C. HarperDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #103 Winnie-the-Pooh AuthorMilne, A[lan] A[lexander]HeadlineWinnie-the-Pooh 1/350 large paper signedPublisherMethuenDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #106 “Eurythmic Quartet” Heading(Music)AuthorHenry CowellHeadlineMS Music Henry Cowell Eurythmic QuartetDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #107 "Decoration Day" - photographic copy of the original score Heading(Music)AuthorIves, Charles EdwardHeadlineCharles Ives musical scoreDate Publishedc.1931 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #117 Opus de re Medica AuthorPaulus AeginetaHeadlinePaulus Aegineta Opus De re MedicaPublisherArrivabenusDate Published1542 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #119 The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, illustrated by Examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome. AuthorPennethorne, JohnHeadlineGeometry and Optics of Ancient ArchitecturePublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1878 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #120 Essais de physique, ou Recueil de plusieurs traitez touchant les choses naturelles. Tome I AuthorPerrault, ClaudeHeadlinePerrault Essais de physique Vol. I 1680PublisherChez Jean Baptiste CoignardDate Published1680 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #122 Guilielmi Postelli de Universitate libri duo: in quibus Astronomiae, Doctrinaeve coelistis compendium AuthorPostel, GuilllaumeHeadline1635 Astonomy text by PostellusPublisherJoannis MaireDate Published1635 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #123 Signed check Heading(Presidents)AuthorArthur, Chester A.HeadlineChester A. Arthur signed checkDate PublishedJune 22, 1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #124 Typed Letter Signed, as President Heading(Presidents)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineDwight D. Eisenhower Signed LetterDate PublishedJanuary 20, 1958 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #125 Typed Letter Signed, as President Heading(Presidents)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineDwight D. Eisenhower Signed LetterDate PublishedMay 15, 1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #126 Autograph Document Signed Heading(Presidents)AuthorVan Buren, MartinHeadlineMartin Van Buren Autograph Document SignedDate Published1829 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #128 WITHDRAWN Autographs of four consecutive Presidents on one card Heading(Presidents)Author**HeadlineFour presidential autographsDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #129 Autographs of four consecutive Presidents on one card Heading(Presidents)Author**HeadlineFour presidential autographsDate Published1980s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #149 The Kickleburys on the Rhine Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorTitmarsh, M.A. [pseud. William Makepeace Thackeray]HeadlineThe Kickleburys on the Rhine with Thackeray ANSPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #152 Autograph Letter Signed by Mark Twain as S[amuel] L[anghorne] Clemens, to his English publisher AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark TwainDate PublishedMarch 10, 1890 View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #158 SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY - Autograph Letter Signed, from Jacob Wyeth, Sr., to his son Charles AuthorWyeth, Jacob, Sr.HeadlineAutograph Letter from Jacob Wyeth, Sr. 1833Date PublishedMarch 27, 1833 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #159 SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY - Two Autograph Letters Signed by Job Wyeth, to Charles Wyeth AuthorWyeth, JobHeadlineTwo Autograph Letters Signed by Job Wyeth 1832Date PublishedDecember 2 & December 22, 1832 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #160 SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY - Autograph Letter Signed, from Nathaniel Wyeth to his brother Charles AuthorWyeth, NathanielHeadlineAutograph Letter from Nathaniel Wyeth 1833Date PublishedJanuary 16, 1833 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #161 SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY - Autograph Letter Signed, from Jacob Wyeth, Sr., to his son Charles Wyeth AuthorWyeth, Jacob, Sr.HeadlineAutograph Letter from Jacob Wyeth, Sr. 1834Date PublishedFebruary 4, 1834 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next