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Rare Books, including a Botanical Library
1:00 PM PT - Sep 13th, 2007

133 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

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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

Lot	Description	Estimates (USD)
1101	Ed Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business Cards Title: Business Cards Author: Bengston, Bil...	4,000 - 7,000	4 Bids
1102	Rare 17th Century work on Cryptography Title: Cryptomenytices et cryptographiae libri IX. In...	5,000 - 8,000	8 Bids
1103	Johnson-Steevens edition of Shakespeare's Works Title: The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volum...	1,500 - 2,000
1104	Adam Smith Theory of Moral Sentiments 1761 Title: The Theory of Moral Sentiments Author: <...	1,500 - 2,500	19 Bids
1105	Leon Underwood Animalia 1 of 28 signed copies Title: Animalia, Or Fibs About Beasts Author: <...	2,000 - 3,000
1106	Vasari's Lives of the Painters in Italian, 1647 Title: Le Vite De' piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori e...	2,000 - 3,000	5 Bids
1107	Walsh Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt 1803 Title: Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt: Includi...	1,500 - 2,000	5 Bids
1108	The Complete Angler 1st John Major Edition Title: The Complete Angler Author: Walton, ...	700 - 1,000	14 Bids
1109	Double Helix signed by James Watson Title: The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Di...	1,000 - 1,500	1 Bid
1110	Gilbert White Natural History of Selborne Title: The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborn...	1,500 - 2,500	9 Bids
1111	Wilson's American Ornithology 1828-29 76 Plates Title: American Ornithology; Or The Natural History o...	10,000 - 15,000	17 Bids
1112	Swami Yogananda Songs of the Soul Inscribed Title: Songs of the Soul Author: Yogananda,...	1,000 - 1,500	4 Bids
1113	H.C. Andrews The Heathery 250 hand colored plates Title: The Heathery; Or a Monograph of the Genus Eric...	1,500 - 2,500	10 Bids
1114	Ericas in Souther Africa 1 of 400 copies Title: Ericas in Southern Africa Author: Ba...	300 - 500
1115	Barton's Flora of North America - Uncolored Copy Title: A Flora of North America Author: Bar...	3,000 - 5,000	3 Bids
1116	H.W. Bates The Naturalist on the River Amazons Title: The Naturalist on the River Amazons Auth...	1,500 - 2,500	22 Bids
1117	Neltje Blanchan The American Flower Garden Title: The American Flower Garden Author: B...	200 - 300
1118	Rare 17th century Dutch Herbal Title: Den Neder-Landschen Herbarius ofte Kruid-Boek<...	700 - 1,000	16 Bids
1119	Bradley's Planting and Gardening 1731 Title: New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, Bo...	400 - 600
1120	Robert Buist The American Flower Garden 1841 Title: The American Flower Garden Author: B...	250 - 350	1 Bid
1121	Redoute's Succulents 1837 182 color plates Title: Plantarum Succulentarum Historia. Histoire des...	15,000 - 25,000	9 Bids
1122	Carpenter's Retir'd Gardener, 1717 Title: The Retir'd Gardener. In six parts. The two fi...	200 - 300	18 Bids
1123	Curtis' Botanical Magazine Over 1800 Color Plates Title: The Botanical Magazine; Or, Flower Garden Disp...	20,000 - 30,000	13 Bids
1124	William Darlingon Flora Cestrica 1837 Title: Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and De...	300 - 500	1 Bid
1125	William Darlington Florula Cestrica 1826 Title: Florula Cestrica: An Essay Towards A Catalogue...	500 - 800
1126	Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall Title: Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshal...	300 - 500	1 Bid
1127	Charles Darwin On the Fertilization of Orchids Title: On the Various Contrivances by Which British a...	1,000 - 1,500	23 Bids
1128	Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th & 19th Cent. Title: Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early ...	300 - 500	7 Bids
1129	Edward's New Botanic Garden with colored plates Title: The New Botanic Garden, illustrated with one h...	4,000 - 7,000	8 Bids
1130	John Evelyn on the Pleasures of Salad 1699 Title: Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets Author:...	1,000 - 1,500	3 Bids
1131	John Evelyn Sylva First Edition 1664 Title: Sylva, Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the...	1,000 - 1,500	16 Bids
1132	Evelyn's Silva with engraved plates, 1786 Title: Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and th...	600 - 900	13 Bids
1133	William Forsythe On Fruit Trees - Albany, 1803 Title: A treatise on the culture and management of fr...	300 - 500	1 Bid
1134	Thomas Hogg on the Carnation 1839 Title: A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Car...	200 - 300	2 Bids
1135	Hookers' Exotic Flora 233 Hand-colored Plates Title: Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descripti...	4,000 - 7,000	16 Bids
1136	P. Francis Hunt Orchidaceae 1 of 600 copies Title: Orchidaceae Author: Hunt, P. Francis...	400 - 600	19 Bids
1137	Jacquin's Oxalis with colored plates, 1794 Title: Oxalis. Monographia, Iconibus Illustrata	7,000 - 10,000	2 Bids
1138	Paul Jones Flora Superba 1 of 400 copies Title: Flora Superba Author: Jones, Paul	300 - 500	12 Bids
1139	Knapp's Journal of a Naturalist 1830 Title: Journal of a Naturalist Author: [Kna...	300 - 500	9 Bids
1140	Mrs. Loudon British Wild Flowers 1st Edition Title: British Wild Flowers Author: Loudon,...	1,000 - 1,500	7 Bids
1141	Mrs. Loudon's The Ladies Flower Garden 5 Volumes Title: The Ladies' Flower-Garden Author: Lo...	12,000 - 18,000	5 Bids
1142	Maund's Botanic Garden 6 Vols. 250 Colored Plates Title: The Botanic Garden; Consisting of Highly Finis...	800 - 1,200	11 Bids
1143	Mawe's Gardener's Kalendar, 1787 Title: Every Man His Own Gardener. Being a new, and m...	200 - 300	1 Bid
1144	Maw's Genus Crocus with colored plates 1886 Title: A Monograph of the Genus Crocus Author: ...	4,000 - 6,000	8 Bids
1145	A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening 1807 Title: A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening	4,000 - 7,000
1146	Charles McIntosh The Greenhouse 1840 Title: The Greenhouse, Hot House, and Stove Aut...	300 - 500	3 Bids
1147	Meehan's Native Flowers & Ferns 192 Color plates Title: The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United Sta...	1,000 - 1,500	4 Bids
1148	Michaux & Nuttall The North American Sylva 1859 Title: The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of...	3,000 - 5,000	16 Bids
1149	Miller's Beautiful Plants with 300 colored plates Title: Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful, and Unc...	15,000 - 25,000	1 Bid
1150	Miller's Gardeners Dictionary, 3 volumes, 1741 Title: The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the metho...	300 - 500	10 Bids

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