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 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 #35 Forty-seven volumes from the Bibliotheque Portative Du Voyageur View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Bibliotheque Portative)Author**HeadlineBibliotheque Portative Du Voyageur 47 volumesPublisherT. Desoer, et alDate Published[c. 1802] Lot #36 Opera View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Bodoni Press)AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineBodoni Press edition of Virgil's Works 1793PublisherTypis BodonianisDate Published1793 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 #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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSecond English Edition of Don Quixote 1652PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew CookeDate Published1652 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 #56 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 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 #69 The Lady of the Lake View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineThe Lady of the Lake with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn BallantyneDate Published1810 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 #76 An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineGray's Elegy, 4th edition, 1751PublisherPrinted for R. Dodsley in Pall-mal; and sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster-RowDate Published1751 Lot #87 Dubliners View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce, Dubliners 1914 1st Edition, 1 of 746PublisherGrant Richards Ltd.Date Published[1914] 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 #94 Fables de La Fontaine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineFables de La FontainePublisherDe L'Imprimerie de Didot L'AineDate Published1789 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 #99 Daphnis and Chloe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Maillol, Aristide)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe illustrated by Maillol 1 of 250Publisher[A. Zwemmer]Date Published1937 Lot #112 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoems in English w Illustrations by William BlakePublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1926 Lot #114 Magistri Stopini poetae Ponzanensis Capriccia macaronica View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorOrsino, CesareHeadline"macaronic" poetry by Cesare Orsini 1636PublisherApud Gasparum GanassamDate Published1636 Lot #116 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge] S[andys] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Metamorphosis in English 1626PublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1626 Lot #117 Opus de re Medica View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPaulus AeginetaHeadlinePaulus Aegineta Opus De re MedicaPublisherArrivabenusDate Published1542 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 Lot #140 The Tragedy of Coriolanus View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Coriolanus from first folio 1623Date Published1623 Lot #147 The Virginians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray's The Virginians 1st Edition 1858-59PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1858-59 Lot #148 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineVanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero 1st EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #149 The Kickleburys on the Rhine View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorTitmarsh, M.A. [pseud. William Makepeace Thackeray]HeadlineThe Kickleburys on the Rhine with Thackeray ANSPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1850 Lot #152 Autograph Letter Signed by Mark Twain as S[amuel] L[anghorne] Clemens, to his English publisher View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark TwainDate PublishedMarch 10, 1890 Lot #155 La Bucolica di Virgilio, Tradotta da Con Girolamo Pallantieri... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Bucolica in Latin & Italian 1603PublisherVittorio BenacciDate Published1603 Lot #156 "Hombres" (Hommes) - One of 25 copies on vellum View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadline"Hombres" - 25 copies on vellumPublisherImprime sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part [Messein]Date Published[1903] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next