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 1-38 of 38. 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 #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 #35 Forty-seven volumes from the Bibliotheque Portative Du Voyageur Heading(Bibliotheque Portative)Author**HeadlineBibliotheque Portative Du Voyageur 47 volumesPublisherT. Desoer, et alDate Published[c. 1802] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #36 Opera Heading(Bodoni Press)AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineBodoni Press edition of Virgil's Works 1793PublisherTypis BodonianisDate Published1793 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold 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 #44 The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly Corrected and Amended AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSecond English Edition of Don Quixote 1652PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew CookeDate Published1652 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold 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 #56 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd Heading(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold 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 #69 The Lady of the Lake Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineThe Lady of the Lake with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn BallantyneDate Published1810 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold 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 #76 An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineGray's Elegy, 4th edition, 1751PublisherPrinted for R. Dodsley in Pall-mal; and sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster-RowDate Published1751 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #87 Dubliners AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce, Dubliners 1914 1st Edition, 1 of 746PublisherGrant Richards Ltd.Date Published[1914] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold 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 #94 Fables de La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineFables de La FontainePublisherDe L'Imprimerie de Didot L'AineDate Published1789 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #99 Daphnis and Chloe Heading(Maillol, Aristide)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe illustrated by Maillol 1 of 250Publisher[A. Zwemmer]Date Published1937 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoems in English w Illustrations by William BlakePublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1926 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #114 Magistri Stopini poetae Ponzanensis Capriccia macaronica AuthorOrsino, CesareHeadline"macaronic" poetry by Cesare Orsini 1636PublisherApud Gasparum GanassamDate Published1636 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #116 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge] S[andys] AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Metamorphosis in English 1626PublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1626 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #140 The Tragedy of Coriolanus AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Coriolanus from first folio 1623Date Published1623 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #147 The Virginians AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray's The Virginians 1st Edition 1858-59PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1858-59 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #148 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineVanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero 1st EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #155 La Bucolica di Virgilio, Tradotta da Con Girolamo Pallantieri... AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Bucolica in Latin & Italian 1603PublisherVittorio BenacciDate Published1603 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #156 "Hombres" (Hommes) - One of 25 copies on vellum HeadingzzcAuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadline"Hombres" - 25 copies on vellumPublisherImprime sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part [Messein]Date Published[1903] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next