Auction details
Rare Books, including a Botanical Library
1:00 PM PT - Sep 13th, 2007
offered by
PBA Galleries
San Francisco, CA 94108

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
20% up to 100000
15% above 100001
Bid Increments
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| 0 | 10 |
| 200 | 25 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 250 |
| 5000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2500 |
| 50000 | 5000 |
| 100000 | 10000 |
| 1000000 | 10001 |
| 10000000 | 10002 |
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Tuesday, September 11, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Wednesday, September 12, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday, September 13, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
176 Items
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| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 1101 |
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Ed Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business Cards |
4,000 - 7,000 |
4 Bids
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| 1102 |
|
Rare 17th Century work on Cryptography |
5,000 - 8,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 1103 |
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Johnson-Steevens edition of Shakespeare's Works |
1,500 - 2,000 |
|
| 1104 |
|
Adam Smith Theory of Moral Sentiments 1761 |
1,500 - 2,500 |
19 Bids
|
| 1105 |
|
Leon Underwood Animalia 1 of 28 signed copies |
2,000 - 3,000 |
|
| 1106 |
|
Vasari's Lives of the Painters in Italian, 1647 |
2,000 - 3,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1107 |
|
Walsh Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt 1803 |
1,500 - 2,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1108 |
|
The Complete Angler 1st John Major Edition |
700 - 1,000 |
14 Bids
|
| 1109 |
|
Double Helix signed by James Watson |
1,000 - 1,500 |
1 Bid
|
| 1110 |
|
Gilbert White Natural History of Selborne |
1,500 - 2,500 |
9 Bids
|
| 1111 |
|
Wilson's American Ornithology 1828-29 76 Plates |
10,000 - 15,000 |
17 Bids
|
| 1112 |
|
Swami Yogananda Songs of the Soul Inscribed |
1,000 - 1,500 |
4 Bids
|
| 1113 |
|
H.C. Andrews The Heathery 250 hand colored plates |
1,500 - 2,500 |
10 Bids
|
| 1114 |
|
Ericas in Souther Africa 1 of 400 copies |
300 - 500 |
|
| 1115 |
|
Barton's Flora of North America - Uncolored Copy |
3,000 - 5,000 |
3 Bids
|
| 1116 |
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H.W. Bates The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
1,500 - 2,500 |
22 Bids
|
| 1117 |
|
Neltje Blanchan The American Flower Garden |
200 - 300 |
|
| 1118 |
|
Rare 17th century Dutch Herbal |
700 - 1,000 |
16 Bids
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| 1119 |
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Bradley's Planting and Gardening 1731 |
400 - 600 |
|
| 1120 |
|
Robert Buist The American Flower Garden 1841 |
250 - 350 |
1 Bid
|
| 1121 |
|
Redoute's Succulents 1837 182 color plates |
15,000 - 25,000 |
9 Bids
|
| 1122 |
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Carpenter's Retir'd Gardener, 1717 |
200 - 300 |
18 Bids
|
| 1123 |
|
Curtis' Botanical Magazine Over 1800 Color Plates |
20,000 - 30,000 |
13 Bids
|
| 1124 |
|
William Darlingon Flora Cestrica 1837 |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 1125 |
|
William Darlington Florula Cestrica 1826 |
500 - 800 |
|
| 1126 |
|
Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 1127 |
|
Charles Darwin On the Fertilization of Orchids |
1,000 - 1,500 |
23 Bids
|
| 1128 |
|
Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th & 19th Cent. |
300 - 500 |
7 Bids
|
| 1129 |
|
Edward's New Botanic Garden with colored plates |
4,000 - 7,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 1130 |
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John Evelyn on the Pleasures of Salad 1699 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
3 Bids
|
| 1131 |
|
John Evelyn Sylva First Edition 1664 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
16 Bids
|
| 1132 |
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Evelyn's Silva with engraved plates, 1786 |
600 - 900 |
13 Bids
|
| 1133 |
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William Forsythe On Fruit Trees - Albany, 1803 |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 1134 |
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Thomas Hogg on the Carnation 1839 |
200 - 300 |
2 Bids
|
| 1135 |
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Hookers' Exotic Flora 233 Hand-colored Plates |
4,000 - 7,000 |
16 Bids
|
| 1136 |
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P. Francis Hunt Orchidaceae 1 of 600 copies |
400 - 600 |
19 Bids
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| 1137 |
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Jacquin's Oxalis with colored plates, 1794 |
7,000 - 10,000 |
2 Bids
|
| 1138 |
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Paul Jones Flora Superba 1 of 400 copies |
300 - 500 |
12 Bids
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| 1139 |
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Knapp's Journal of a Naturalist 1830 |
300 - 500 |
9 Bids
|
| 1140 |
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Mrs. Loudon British Wild Flowers 1st Edition |
1,000 - 1,500 |
7 Bids
|
| 1141 |
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Mrs. Loudon's The Ladies Flower Garden 5 Volumes |
12,000 - 18,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1142 |
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Maund's Botanic Garden 6 Vols. 250 Colored Plates |
800 - 1,200 |
11 Bids
|
| 1143 |
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Mawe's Gardener's Kalendar, 1787 |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
|
| 1144 |
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Maw's Genus Crocus with colored plates 1886 |
4,000 - 6,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 1145 |
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A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening 1807 |
4,000 - 7,000 |
|
| 1146 |
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Charles McIntosh The Greenhouse 1840 |
300 - 500 |
3 Bids
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| 1147 |
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Meehan's Native Flowers & Ferns 192 Color plates |
1,000 - 1,500 |
4 Bids
|
| 1148 |
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Michaux & Nuttall The North American Sylva 1859 |
3,000 - 5,000 |
16 Bids
|
| 1149 |
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Miller's Beautiful Plants with 300 colored plates |
15,000 - 25,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 1150 |
|
Miller's Gardeners Dictionary, 3 volumes, 1741 |
300 - 500 |
10 Bids
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