Sale 256: Fine Books from the Private Collection of Bela Blau (#256) 01/30/2003 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/30/2003 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 256 287 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 By Horse, Stage & Packet: The Far West Letters of Joseph Pratt Allyn Heading(Allyn, Joseph Pratt)AuthorNicolson, John and David K. Strate, eds.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1988 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #3 Arabian Nights Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorHawthorne, Hildegarde, ed.PublisherPenn Publishing Co.Date Published[1928] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #6 [The first 51 volumes in] The Baja California Travels Series Heading(Baja California Travel Series)AuthorCarpenter, Edwin & Glen Dawson, eds.PublisherDawson's Book Shop / Natural History MuseumDate Published1965-1992 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #9 The Literature of Exhaustion and The Literature of Replenishment AuthorBarth, JohnPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #16 When in Disgrace AuthorBoetticher, BuddPublisherNevilleDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 When in Disgrace AuthorBoetticher, BuddPublisherNevilleDate Published1989 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #19 Lot of 19 books Heading(Books About Books & Fine Press Books)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #29 Picture Book II AuthorCharlot, JeanPublisherZeitlin & Ver BruggeDate Published1973 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #37 Dickinson: Lyric and Legend AuthorCunningham, J. V.PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #39 A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, & Around the World in the Years 1826-1829 AuthorDuhaut-Cilly, AugustePublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1997 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #51 L.A. Type: A Concise History of Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc. AuthorGerry, Vance, comp.PublisherThe Weather Bird PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #52 Months AuthorGerry, VancePublisherWeather Bird PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #53 San Pasqual Press AuthorGerry, VancePublisherThe Weather Bird PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #55 Farewell to Dreams AuthorGoodrich, Diane & Sharon RichPublisherJeanette MacDonald / Nelson Eddy Friendship Club, Inc.Date Published[1979] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #57 A Walk In and About the City of Canterbury, with Many Observations not to be found in any Description hitherto published AuthorGostling, WilliamPublisherPrinted by Simmons and KirkbyDate Published1777 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #61 Zane Grey in the South Seas Heading(Grey, Zane)AuthorMorhardt, AimPublisherGeorge HouléDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Tales & Fables AuthorHjortsberg, WilliamPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1985 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #68 When A Printer Plays: A showing of printer's flowers and typographic fleurons arranged in arabesque patterns... AuthorHoffman, Richard J.PublisherRichard J. HoffmanDate Published1987 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #70 Burton Holmes Travelogues AuthorHolmes, BurtonPublisherThe Travelogue BureauDate Published1917-1918 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #75 Tecumseh and the Prophet of the West, An Historical Israel-Indian Tragedy, in Five Acts. With Historical Notes; Original Letters, &c. [and] The Life and History of General Harrison, Late President of the United States, Inclusive to the Treaty of Washington, of August 9th, 1842. With Original Letters, &c. And the First Oration Upon the Life, Character, and Genius of Shakspeare AuthorJones, GeorgePublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1844 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat AuthorLear, EdwardPublisherArundel PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #85 Lot of 17 Los Angeles Miscellany series titles Heading(Los Angeles Miscellany)Author**PublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1972-1985 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #90 Venezianische Gondellieder AuthorMendelssohn-Bartholdy, FelixPublisherHorodisch & MarxDate Published1925 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #94 The Night Before Christmas, Or: Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas AuthorMoore, Clement C.PublisherArundel PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #96 A Congo Diary AuthorNaipaul, V. S.PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #97 Northwest Coast of America & California: 1832, Letters from Fort Ross, Monterey, San Pedro, and Santa Barbara, by an Intelligent Bostonian Heading(Northwest Coast...)Author**PublisherPrinted for Glen DawsonDate Published1959 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #98 James and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage AuthorO'Brien, EdnaPublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #101 Das Buch Le Grand, 1826, Kapitel I Bis X Heading(Oppenheimer, Max "Mopp")AuthorHeine, HeinrichPublisherPaul CassirerDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #102 Selected War Poems of Wilfred Owen AuthorOwen, WilfredPublisherVance Gerry : The Weather Bird PressDate Published1983 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #109 Madeleine AuthorPowell, Lawrence ClarkPublisherThe Weatherbird PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #110 A Final Letter: Robinson Mayfield in Essex, North Carolina to Hutchins Mayfield in Oxford, England June 15 to November 27, 1955 AuthorPrice, ReynoldsPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #114 Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes AuthorRackham, Arthur, illus.PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #120 Art Deco: The Books of François-Louis Schmied, Artist/Engraver/Printer AuthorSchmied, François-LouisPublisherThe Book of CaliforniaDate Published1987 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #121 Tea Types AuthorShire, PeterPublisherTea Garden PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #129 Rap Master Ronnie AuthorTrudeau, GarryPublisherLord John PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #135 Sierra Nevada Sequence AuthorWalker, Ardis M.PublisherSierra Trails PressDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #136 The Capitols of the Southern States, 1861-1865 AuthorWall, BernhardtDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #140 Lot of 12 titles Heading(Western Americana)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #141 Lot of 13 titles Heading(Western Americana)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #142 From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond AuthorWhite, MusPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #147 The First Editor: Aldus Pius Manutius Heading(Aldus Manutius)AuthorDe Vinne, Theodore LowPublisherTarg EditionsDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #148 Custom made artist book shaped as a temple in the classical Greek style AuthorAnderson, PatrickPublisherPatrick AndersonDate Published1988 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #156 A Landscape With Cows In It AuthorBurke, CliffordPublisherThe Janus PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$81.25StatusSold Lot #159 Letter of Columbus AuthorCitino, DavidPublisherThe Logan Elm Press at The Ohio State UniversityDate Published1990 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #162 The Song of Songs AuthorCummins, MaureenPublisher[Maureen Cummins at The Yolla Bolly Press]Date Published[1990] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #164 The Owl King AuthorDickey, JamesPublisherRed Angel PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #168 Victor Hammer: Aritst and Craftsman [and] Artist and Printer Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorRothenstein, John, et al.PublisherDavid R. Godine / The Anvil PressDate Published[1978]; 1981 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Sights from a Steeple AuthorHawthorne, NathanielPublisherRed Angel PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #173 Narcissus AuthorJohnson, W. R. and Clare Van VlietPublisherThe Janus PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #176 Hawai'i One Summer, 1978 AuthorKingston, Maxine HongPublisherMeadow PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #179 The House That Jack Built or A Portrait of the Artist as a Sad Sensualist AuthorLogan, JohnPublisherAbattoir Editions / The University of NebraskaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #181 Incident on the Bark Columbia; Being Letters Received & Sent by Captain McCorkle and the Crew of his Whaler, 1860-1862 AuthorMcCorkle, Captain [Samuel]PublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #190 Left Alone AuthorPayne, DavidPublisherThe Logan Elm PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #191 Symposium of Plato AuthorPlatoPublisherLibanus PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #192 Dix Poèmes: Ten Poems AuthorPonge, FrancisPublisher[The Greenwood Press]Date Published[1983] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #194 Adventures in the Burning Bush AuthorRathman, DavidPublisherVermillion EditionsDate Published1987 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #195 Between Two Wars: Selected Poems Written Prior to the Second World War AuthorRexroth, KennethPublisherLabyrinth Editions & The Iris PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #200 Venus and Adonis AuthorShakepeare, WilliamPublisherPyracantha PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #201 The Life of the Body AuthorSmiley, JanePublisherCoffee House PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #204 Samuel Johnson, and His Disgrace to English Literature AuthorStockdale, PercivalPublisherThe Windhover Press / University of IowaDate Published1988 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$118.75StatusSold Lot #205 The Tower of Babel: An Anthology Heading(Van Vliet, Claire)Author**PublisherThe Janus PressDate Published1975 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #206 Aeneas in the World of the Dead (Aeneid, VI, verses 637-901) AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusPublisherKelly / Winterton PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next