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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Poems Signed by Ansel AdamsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #6 Invisible Cities View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCalvino, ItaloHeadlineArion Press Invisible CitiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 Lot #7 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a VisitPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 Lot #8 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, illustratorHeadlineArion Press The Apocalypse, Illus. by Jim DinePublisherArion PressDate Published1982 Lot #9 A Coney Island of the Mind View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti Coney Island of the Mind Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 Lot #22 Il Decameron View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineThe Decameron of Boccaccio 1816 Folio EditionPublisherCo' Caratteri di F. DidotDate Published1816 Lot #23 Rime di Francesco Petrarca View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Bodoni)AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlineBodoni printing of Petrarca's Rimes 1799PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1799 Lot #24 In Funere Caroli III Hispaniar. Regis Catholici Oratio View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bodoni)AuthorRidolfi, BernardinoHeadlineScarce Officina Bodoni Work By RidolfiPublisherEx Regio TypographeoDate Published1789 Lot #30 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Calder, Alexander, illus.)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] Lot #37 Cezanne View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Cezanne, Paul)Author[Mirbeau, Octave, et al]HeadlineCezanne with original lithographs and etchingPublisherBernheim-JeuneDate Published1914 Lot #38 Paul Cezanne View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cezanne, Paul)AuthorVollard, AmbroiseHeadlinePaul Cezzane by Vollard with original etchingPublisherA. VollardDate Published1914 Lot #43 The Death of Captain Cook View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorWebber, JohnHeadlineBartolozzi/Webber Death of Captain Cook 1784Date PublishedJan. 1, 1784 Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #51 Swiat/The World View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] Lot #56 Le Bestiaire View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorEluard, PaulHeadlinePaul Eluard Le Bestiare Illus by Andre ChastelPublisherMaeghtDate Published[1948] Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] Lot #63 A Primer of Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorHughes, TedHeadlineGehenna Press Primer of Birds Printer's CopyPublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1981 Lot #68 The Canterbury Tales View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineGolden Cockerel Canterbury Tales of ChaucerPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1929-31 Lot #77 Report on Horne Zoological Corporation View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Horne, Trader)AuthorInvestment Auditors of California, Inc.HeadlineArchive on adventurer Trader HorneDate Publishedc. 1930 Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century Lot #80 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #81 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript Leaf from French Missal c.1500Date Publishedc.1500 Lot #87 Maud, a Monodrama View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of Tennyson's MaudPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] Lot #91 Ulysses View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce's Ulysses 1/1500 Signed by MatissePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1935 Lot #92 The Plays in 37 volumes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club Shakespeare 37 volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-1940 Lot #93 Document signed by Abraham Lincoln, appointing the Secretary to the United States Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineDocument signed by Abraham Lincoln 1861Date PublishedJuly 15, 1861 Lot #94 The Seasons View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 Lot #98 Les Georgiques View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Maillol, Aristide, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineVirgil's Georgiques Illustrated by MaillolPublisherPhilippe GoninDate Published1937-43 [i.e. 1950] Lot #102 Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Miniature Book)AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineGalileo in MiniaturePublisherTipogr. SalminDate Published1896 (colophon dated 1897) Lot #107 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of HomerPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #110 Manuscript book of Poetry in Arabic Script with illuminations in gilt and colors View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Persian Poetry Manuscript)AuthorAbu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn KhusrawHeadlineIlluminated Persian Poetry ManuscriptDate Published1897 Lot #116 Goblin Market View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRossetti, Christina GeorginaHeadlineRossetti's Goblin Market Signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933] Lot #120 The Little Prince View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] Lot #121 "If" and "Recessional" View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Sangorski, Alberto)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineIlluminated Manuscript by Alberto SangorskiDate Published[c. 1928] Lot #134 The Way We Live Now View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSontag, SusanHeadlineThe Way We Live Now, 1/200 Signed, Ltd.PublisherKarsten SchubertDate Published[1991] Lot #140 Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna [Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorTmej, Zdenek, photographerHeadlineAbeceda Dusevniho Prazdna Tmej ZdenekPublisherNakladatelstvi ZadruhaDate Published1946 Lot #145 Le Grand Testament View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorVillon, FrancoisHeadlineVillon Le Grand Testament Limited EditionPublisherRene JeanneDate Published1963 Lot #146 Les Bucoliques de Virgile View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Villon, Jacques, artist)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineLes Bucoliques, One of 245 CopiesPublisherScripta & PietaDate Published1953 Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] Lot #150 A Suite of Daze. Etchings by William Wiley View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineA Suite of Daze. Signed by William WileyPublisherLandfall PressDate Published1977 Lot #151 Fables View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineFabels by Michael Hannon Signed Limited EditionPublisherTurkey PressDate Published1988 Lot #152 Second Thoughts View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineMichael Hannon Second Thoughts Sgnd Ltd EdnPublisherThe John and Maxine Belger Family FoundationDate Published2001 Lot #154 The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, AdrianHeadlineMaking of the Nuremberg Chronicle Finely BoundPublisherNico IsraelDate Published[1976] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next