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