Sale 290: Fine Printing & the Graphic Arts: The Library of Helen Lee (with additions) (#290) 07/29/2004 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/29/2004 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 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 1-100 of 253. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Taos Pueblo Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorAustin, MaryPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published1977 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #6 The Allen Press Bibliography Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAllen, Lewis and DorothyPublisher[Book Club of California]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #7 Pictures From Italy Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #8 The Poeticon Astronomicon Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHyginus, Gaius JuliusPublisherAllen PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #9 Jonah, Judith, Ruth Heading(Allen Press)Author**PublisherAllen PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #10 Twice-Told Tales Heading(Angelo, Valenti)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1966 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #11 Lot of 17 titles, plus ephemera Heading(Angelo, Valenti)Author** View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #12 Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer Heading(Angelo, Valenti)Author**PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #13 A Commonplace Book of Cookery Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGrabhorn, Robert, compilerPublisherArion PressDate Published1975 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #14 Birds of the Pacific Slope Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGrayson, Andrew JacksonPublisherArion PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #15 A Travel Book Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMartin, FredPublisherArion PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #16 The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaPublisherArion PressDate Published1983 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #17 The Psalms of David and Others, as rendered into English by Arthur Golding Heading(Arion Press)Author**PublisherArion PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #19 Albion Broadsheets 1980-81 Heading(Barbarian Press)Author**PublisherBarbarian PressDate Published1980-81 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #20 Sorts & Founts: a showing of typefaces held at Barbarian Press AuthorBarbarian PressDate Published1983 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #21 A Passover Haggadah AuthorBaskin, LeonardPublisherGrossman PublishersDate Published1974 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #22 Large lot of San Francisco Bay Area Fine Press Heading(Bay Area Presses)Author** View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #23 Lot of 23 volumes Heading(Bay Area Presses)Author** View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #25 The Poetry of Learning AuthorBentley, WilderPublisherThe Archetype PressDate Published1973-1985 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #26 Five Short Stories Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorAyme, MarcelPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #27 Nagashizuki. The Japanese Craft of Hand Papermaking Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorBarrett, TimothyPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #28 Rarities of Numismata Typographica... Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorBlades, WilliamPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #29 Calls, Sounds & Merchandise Of the Peking Street Peddlers Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorConstant, Samuel VictorPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #30 Early American Papermaking. Two Treatises on Manufacturing Techniques Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorCutbush, JamesPublisherOak Knoll BooksDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #31 Thirty Years of Bird & Bull. A Bibliography, 1958-1988 Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorHeaney, Howell JPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #32 Dard Hunter & Son Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorHunter, Dard, Jr. and Henry MorrisPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #33 Japanese Paper Balloon Bombs: The First ICBM Heading(Bird & Bull)Author**PublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #34 Chinese Handmade Paper Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMcClure, Floyd AlonzoPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$118.75StatusSold Lot #35 Original pewter plaquette, "La Relieuse" Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMeunier, CharlesPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published[1996] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #36 Recollections. My Life in Bookbinding Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMiddleton, BernardPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$250 - $400Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #37 Broadside Vignettes. Volume I. Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, HenryPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1997-99 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #38 Japonica. The study and appreciation of the art of Japanese Paper Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, HenryPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #39 Nicolas Louis Robert and his Endless Wire Papermaking Machine Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, HenryPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #40 Omnibus. Instructions for amateur papermakers... Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, HenryPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1967 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #41 Two Birds With One Stone. My Log and Diary Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, HenryPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #42 Vignettes. An eclectic assemblage of anecdotes about papermaking, the private press, printing and its history... Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, HenryPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Private Press-Man's Tale Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorMorris, Henry, edPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$250 - $400Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #44 Varieties of Spanish Marbling Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorNevins, IrisPublisherBird & Bull Press and Iris NevinsDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #45 My Colorful Career Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorSchanilec, GaylordPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #46 Remondini and Rizzi. A Chapter in Italian Decorated Paper History Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorSchmoller, TanyaPublisherOak Knoll BooksDate Published1990 View details Estimate$250 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #47 A History of British Circulating Libraries. The Book Labels and Ephemera of the Papantonio Collection Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorStewart-Murphy, Charlotte A.PublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #48 The Mysterious Marbler Heading(Bird & Bull)AuthorSumner, JamesPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #49 Straight with the Medicine. Narratives of Washoe Followers of the Tipi Way... Heading(Black Rock Press)AuthorAzevedo, Warren L. d'PublisherUniversity of Nevada, Reno, LibraryDate Published1978 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #50 A B C X Y Z Heading(Black Stone Press)AuthorPond, KatePublisherBlack Stone PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #51 Lot of 17 titles Heading(Book Arts & Typography)Author** View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #52 Lot of 21 volumes Heading(Book Arts)Author** View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #53 The Two Hundredth Book: A Bibliography of the Books Published by the Book Club of California 1958-1993 Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorHarlan, Robert D.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1993 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #54 Lot of nine titles Heading(Book Club of California)Author**PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1960's-2000's View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #55 Lot of 16 titles Heading(Book Club of California)Author**PublisherThe Book Club of California View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #56 Large lot of keepsakes, newsletters and miscellaneous ephemera Heading(Book Club of California Ephemera)Author**PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1950's-2000's View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #59 Crucifix in a Deathhand: New Poems, 1963-65 AuthorBukowski, CharlesPublisherLyle StuartDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #60 A Bestiary Heading(Calder, Alexander)AuthorWilbur, Richard, compilerPublisherPrinted at the Spiral Press for Pantheon BooksDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #62 H.P.M. Harold Patrick McGrath Heading(Cheloniidae Press)Author**PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #63 An Odd Bestiary. Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, &c, by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #64 Lot of eight titles Heading(Christmas & Holidays)Author** View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #65 California-Spanish Proverbs Heading(Colt Press)AuthorMacArthur, Mildred YorbaPublisherColt PressDate Published1954 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #66 Oedipus Heading(Cosindas, Marie)AuthorDürrenmatt, FriedrichPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #67 A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #68 A Leaf from "The First of May" Heading(Crane, Walter)AuthorJohnson, Carolyn, edPublisherStone & LorsonDate Published1988 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #70 The Log of the Apollo: Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849 AuthorDelgado, James P., edPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1986 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #72 Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush AuthorDillon, Richard H.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1987 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #73 Contes Heading(Drian, Etienne)AuthorPerrault, [Charles]PublisherEditions d'Art de la RoseraieDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #74 A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and around the World in the Years 1826-1829... AuthorDuhaut-Cilly, Auguste BernardPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1997 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #75 The Golden Cockerel Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorPushkin, AlexanderPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #76 disHonor Roll of Sons-of-Bitches AuthorEmmons, Earl H.PublisherMaveric PressDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #77 Lot of 5 titles, plus broadsides and ephemera Heading(Engdahl, Lee)Author**PublisherEngdahl TypographyDate PublishedMostly 1980's View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #78 Large lot of fine press ephemera Heading(Ephemera)Author** View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #79 Lot of 12 fine press broadsides Heading(Ephemera)Author** View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #80 Lot of 28 fine press broadsides and posters Heading(Ephemera)Author** View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #81 Lot of ten exhibition posters and fine press broadsides Heading(Ephemera)Author** View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$56.25StatusSold Lot #84 Compositions in Black and White AuthorEwell, James CadyPublisherFigment PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #85 Phisicke Against Fortune, as well prosperous as adverse Heading(Foolscap Press)AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoPublisherFoolscap PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #86 An Artist Records the California Missions AuthorFord, Henry ChapmanPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1989 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$118.75StatusSold Lot #87 Exploring Japanese Books and Scrolls AuthorFranklin, ColinPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #88 Themes in Aquatint AuthorFranklin, ColinPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1978 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #92 Thirty Recipes Suitable for Framing Heading(Goines, David Lance)AuthorWaters, Alice, edPublisherSaint Hieronymous PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #93 The Fine Art of Printing AuthorGrabhorn, EdwinPublisherPrinted by Edward & Robert Grabhorn for Members of the Roxburghe ClubDate Published1933 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #94 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1957-1966 & Grabhorn-Hoyem 1966-1973 Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorHarlan, Robert D., edPublisherJohn Howell BooksDate Published1977 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #95 A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**PublisherPresented by Herbert L. Rothschild to Members of the Roxburghe ClubDate Published1931 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #96 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton... Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #97 Commonwealth v. Gordon, et al.: The Opinion of Judge Bok, March Eighteenth 1949 Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorBok, Judge [Curtis]PublisherBlanche and Alfred KnopfDate Published1949 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$43.75StatusSold Lot #98 Addresses Delivered in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty to the People of Great Britain, of France, and to the Members of the English House of Commons, by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherRansohoffsDate Published1940 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #99 The Letter...Concerning His First Voyage to the New World Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorColumbus, ChristopherPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1924 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #100 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #101 The Discovery of Florida: Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida. Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDe Soto, Don HernandoPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #102 Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco and its Environs: A Representative Exhibition for the Grolier Club Author(Grabhorn Press)Publisher[Carroll T. Harris]Date Published1961 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #103 The Song of Songs. Being Love Lyrics from Ancient Palestine Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorJastrow, Morris, transPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1922 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #104 Nineteenth Century Type Displayed in 18 Fonts Cast by United States Founders, Now in the Cases of the Grabhorn Press Author(Grabhorn Press)PublisherDavid MageeDate Published1959 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #105 An Original Issue of "The Spectator" together with the Story of the Famous Engligh Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorPartridge, EricPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1939 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #106 Catalogue of the Choice Books Found by Pantagruel in the Abbey of Saint Victor Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorRabelais, FrançoisPublisherPrinted for William P. Wreden of Burlingame, CaliforniaDate Published1952 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #107 Anecdota Scowah Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Schmulowitz, Nat]Publisher[Grabhorn Press for the Roxburghe Club]Date Published[1956-60] View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$81.25StatusSold Lot #108 The Book of Ruth Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1927 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #109 Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro illustrating the Process of Silk Culture Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorUtamaro, KitagawaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1965 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #110 The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504 Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorVespucci, AmerigoPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1926 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #111 Letters and Papers Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWeil, OscarPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1923 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #112 The Grabhorn Press: A Biography Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWentz, RobyPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1981 View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$43.75StatusSold Lot #113 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #114 Lot of 15 titles Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**PublisherPrinted at the Grabhorn Press or by Grabhorn-HoyemDate PublishedMostly 1950's-60's View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #116 A Commonplace Book, with something for Everybody AuthorGrover, Sherwood & James D, Hammond, edsPublisherGrace Hoper PressDate Published1969 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #117 The Leopard Heading(Guccione, Piero)AuthorLampedusa, Giuseppe diPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next