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New York: Bonhams, 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. full color photographs. wednesday june 10, 2009 new york. fine books and manuscripts featuring property from the collection of m.b. goldstone. lots 3000-3459..

Bonhams, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22nd September 2015. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 146 pp, colour ills. 291 lots. The sale sections comprised: The Collection of Barbara J, Land Lots1-51; Early Printed Books & Manuscripts 62 - 72; Travel & Color Plate 73 -103; Art & Fine Press 110-138; Literature 130-165; Modern Literature 106-211; Americana 212-276; World History including Painting & Music 276-291.From the introduction: "..the Land library includes many of the most important Printing and the Mind of Man titles, including fine copies of the first edition in English of Erasmus' In Praise of Folly, Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population, Karl Marx's Das Kapital; Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, and the Nuremberg Chronicle. The Land collection also includes several natural history and travel highlights, including Audubon's Birds… and Quadrupeds… in octavo and… Read More

Bonhams, Pasadena, auction catalogue for the sale held on 14th February 2016. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 110 pp, colour ills. 173 lots. From the foreword: "The top lot is Dr. Kary Mullis' 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with the diploma and related material, awarded for his invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction..Other scientific high points in the sale include a first edition of Darwin's The Origin of Species; a second edition of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus (Basel: 1566) ..; and an autograph manuscript by Isaac Newton in Latin and English, entitled: "Praeparatio mercurlj ad lapidem per regulu/ am ferrum et Lunam, ex mss. Phi Americani [Preparation of mercury to a stone through metallic antinomy and silver: from a manuscript of an American philosopher], Newton's analysis of George Starkey's procedure for reducing antimony.. Our Literature section includes several important pieces, including two rare and complete autograph manuscripts of Jack… Read More

Bonhams, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 24th June 2015. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 246 pp, colour ills. 342 lots. The sale comprised: General Printed Books and Manuscripts lots 1-50; Royalty 51-73; Naval and Military 74-94; Italy 95-115; General Travel, Maps and Atlases 116-140; Natural History 141-156; Science and Medicine 157-176; Modern Literature and Illustrated 177-342, including: The Remaining Papers of Lytton Strachey Sold by order of the Strachey Trust 177-185; The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector 186-238; Books and Letters from the Library of Anthony Powell 299-342. One corner folded, otherwise Near Fine. Print-out of prices realized laid in.

Bonhams, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 13th April 2015. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 135 pp, colour ills. 243 lots. From the foreword - " We are deeply impressed.. by the Alan Turing manuscript we are offering as lot 1 of this sale. . and every one of us understands what this piece is and why it is one of the most significant 20th century manuscripts to come to market. .. We are offering fine early printed material, including a 1511 printed book of hours by Theilman Kerver and Athanasius Kircher's Latium, his topographical description of Rome. Our Travel section features a fine set of Cook's Voyages, John Harris' Travels', Mearas' Voyages, a Münster map of the Americas, Purchas his Pilgrimes..., and Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery, to name a few. Natural History and Art and Illustration follow, with an octavo edition of Redoute's Les Roses; a Bemelmans' drawing of Pepito the Bad Hat; a fine selection of Dr. Seuss material,… Read More